Talking PTAB with Bob Steinberg
Indefiniteness Before the PTAB
The Federal Circuit had a busy week, issuing 18 opinions—8 of them precedential. One of those cases put a new spin on two PTAB-related issues we’ve covered extensively on this blog: Arthrex (which held PTAB judges were...more
These charts and graphs appear in the firm's Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2020 Decisions report... Appeals from the USPTO dipped in FY20, reaching their lowest level since FY15. After four...more
It’s a few days before Thanksgiving and the sunsets are shorter and earlier, so we thought we’d discuss a CBM before the sun completely sets on that procedure. Below we provide our usual weekly statistics and our case of the...more
In November, the PTAB Bar Association held its annual Thought Leader Summit. The Summit highlighted recent changes to PTAB practice, with a keynote address from USPTO Director Andrei Iancu. In the opening remarks, Director...more
On Thursday, the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision in Trading Technologies International, Inc. v. IBG Interactive Brokers, LLC, No. 17-2257 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 18, 2019), that provides another data point on how CBM...more
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board recently designated as precedential its decision in Westlake Services, LLC v. Credit Acceptance Corp., CBM2014-00176, Paper 28 (PTAB May 14, 2015) addressing the scope of estoppel under 35...more
Recently, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) designated two America Invents Act (AIA) review decisions as precedential: LG Electronics, Inc. v. Mondis Technology, Ltd. and Westlake Services, LLC v. Credit Acceptance...more
On July 31, 2014, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) designated as “precedential” its decision in Covered Business Method Review (CBM) proceeding SecureBuy, LLC v. CardinalCommerce Corporation, CBM 2014-00035 (Pat. Tr....more