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Federal Circuit Confirms PTAB Standard of Review

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The Federal Circuit in Sisvel International S.A. v. Sierra Wireless, Inc. (Fed. Cir. Sept. 1, 2023) (Prost, Reyna, and Stark) affirmed a PTAB decision finding anticipated and/or obvious certain claims of two patents directed...more

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2019 PTAB Year in Review: Analysis & Trends: Success of Motions to Stay Rising, But Why?

Defendants sued for patent infringement in district court commonly seek litigation stays based on an American Invents Act (AIA)-contested proceeding that assesses the validity of the patents-in-suit before the Patent Trial...more

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2019 PTAB Year in Review: Analysis & Trends: PTAB Operation Under Phillips: Business as Usual with New Strategic Implications

One of the most notable recent changes in post-grant proceedings was replacing the broadest reasonable interpretation (“BRI”) claim construction standard with the Phillips standard used to construe claims in federal court....more

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Jones Day Talks: PTAB's Busy Docket and What's Changed After SAS Institute

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Jones Day's Dave Cochran and Matt Johnson discuss recent developments in patent litigation and appeals, including the continuing importance of the PTAB as a jurisdiction of first choice for patent disputes in the United...more

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Determining the Patent Eligibility of Inventions Under the New USPTO Guidelines

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Under the U.S. Patent Act, one can patent “any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof.” Common exceptions to what can be patented include laws of...more

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PTAB Strategies and Insights - October 2018

The PTAB Strategies and Insights newsletter provides timely updates and insights into how best to handle proceedings at the USPTO. It is designed to increase return on investment for all stakeholders looking at the entire...more

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PTAB Strategies and Insights - July 2018: Working With Your Selected Expert: Our Aglets Case Revisited

You selected your experts – Ms. Boot (an expert for the patent owner, SneakRTech) and Dr. Slipper, PhD (an expert for the Petitioner, BadGuys) - to assist SneakRTech at the PTAB in cases involving aglet patents against...more

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USPTO Updates Patent Eligibility Guidance in View of Federal Circuit Berkheimer Opinion

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently issued a memorandum to its patent examining corps that changes the way examiners should evaluate the question of whether a claim element is “well-understood, routine,...more

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Strategies to Argue Patentable Subject Matter per USPTO Eligibility Memo

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It is time to take a deeper look and derive or strengthen some strategies to argue for patentable subject matter eligibility during patent prosecution, now that the first round articles on the USPTO Memorandum April 19, 2018,...more

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Anticipation by Combining Elements from the Four Corners of a Reference

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In a January 12 article, Anticipation Requires More Than A Reference That Discloses All The Elements, we discussed the Microsoft Corp v. Biscotti, Inc. case, where the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision of the PTAB finding...more

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The Scope Of IPR Petitioner Estoppel For Non-Petitioned Grounds Remains Uncertain

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There is no doubt that “the potential for estoppel is one of the important considerations for defendants in deciding whether or not to file an [inter partes review (“IPR”)] petition.” Shaw Indus. Grp., Inc. v. Automated Creel...more

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Recap of PTAB’s “Chat with the Chief”

On December 19, 2017 the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (the “Board”) held a “Chat with the Chief” webinar in which Chief Judge David Ruschke presented very recent developments on a variety of topics related to practice before...more

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When is an Alice Challenge Ripe?

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When defending against a software patent attack, litigants often address patent-eligibility by filing covered business method (CBM) reviews, moving to dismiss the lawsuit altogether, or waiting until summary judgment....more

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IP Newsflash - June 2014

Federal Circuit Upholds Award of Sanctions for a “Frivolous” Patent Lawsuit - On June 5, 2014, the Federal Circuit affirmed the Southern District of New York’s decision to sanction Appellant and its attorneys for...more

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