A preliminary decision in the District Court of Delaware introduces the possibility that a patentee’s victory on assignor estoppel in the district court could quash a co-pending IPR proceeding at the PTAB. Assignor estoppel...more
1/23/2019
/ Appeals ,
Assignment of Inventions ,
Assignor Estoppel ,
Concurrent Litigation ,
Final Written Decisions ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Inventors ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent Validity ,
Patents ,
Summary Judgment
It was recently reported that China had successfully cloned a 12-year old schnauzer — the most recent of over 20 dog breeds successfully cloned by the nation so far. "Doudou" the schnauzer was cloned through somatic cell...more
11/9/2018
/ Bioengineering ,
Biotechnology ,
China ,
Clones ,
DNA ,
Dogs ,
Ethical Standards ,
Genetic Materials ,
Innovative Technology ,
Life Sciences ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
USPTO
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before Prost, Moore, and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: An IPR petitioner bears the burden of persuasion concerning the patentability of proposed substitute...more
6/21/2018
/ Anticipation ,
Appeals ,
Burden of Persuasion ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Motion to Amend ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Reaffirmation ,
Remand ,
Substitute Claims ,
Vacated
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before Taranto, Clevenger, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Summary: Proceeding to trial despite a party’s violation of a discovery order...more
The PTAB has determined that a patent owner may not moot a CBM proceeding by disclaiming claims post-institution. Emerson Electric Co. v. SIPCO, LLC, CBM2016-00095, Paper 39 (P.T.A.B. Jan. 16, 2018)....more
The Board authorized petitioner Kingston to file a Response to the patent owner’s Reply to petitioner’s Opposition to Motion to Amend, based on the Federal Circuit’s en banc holding that the burden to establish...more
The Federal Circuit upheld an IPR final written decision by the PTAB holding that MindGeek’s claims were unpatentable in Skky, Inc. v. MindGeek, S.A.R.L., No. 2016-2018 (Fed. Cir. June 7, 2017). ...more
Old Republic’s IPR petition was effectively unopposed due to a defect in the chain of assignment, which led the PTAB to hold all claims unpatentable without considering arguments or evidence submitted in favor of...more