Posts Tagged: independent inventors
Why Engineering Companies Get into IP Trouble: Five Tips to Mitigate the Risks
Too often, engineering companies are in such a race to come up with the next big thing that they forget to consider the crucial step following their …
More PTAB Conflicts: APJ Margolies Once Again Assigned to Apple Petitions
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has had a sordid history. Whether you are in favor of …
The Honeymoon is Over: Time for Iancu to Take Action on PTAB Harassment of Patent Owners
Just over 18 months ago, Andrei Iancu assumed control of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). As the Director of the USPTO, Iancu has changed the …
Top 10 Reasons Arbitration Will Benefit Parties More Than Litigating at the PTAB
Alternatives to patent litigation are desirable now more than ever. Arbitration can help to resolve patent disputes more easily than the much more complex, expensive and timely …
Another PTAB Casualty: Emmy Awarded Wireless Microphone Technology Could Be Invalidated
On October 25, the AIPLA Annual Meeting will host a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Inter Partes Review (IPR) trial to determine the fate of a pair …
Update on 101 Rejections at the USPTO: Prospects for Computer-Related Applications Continue to Improve Post-Guidance
The Supreme Court’s 2014 decision in Alice v. CLS Bank made it significantly more difficult to obtain patents for some computer-related technologies. it is, at best, questionable …
Apple Takes Another Bite with Motions to Stay, Vacate Federal Circuit’s Denial of Rehearing in VirnetX Case
In the latest stage of the nine-year VirnetX/ Apple patent saga, Apple has filed a Motion to Stay the Mandate and a Motion to Vacate in relation …
Apple’s Multiple Petitions Against Nartron Patent Underscore PTAB’s Serial IPR Problem
Last week, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued 18 institution decisions based on petitions for inter partes review (IPR) proceedings, instituting 10 and denying eight. One of …
Federal Circuit Vacates and Remands PTAB Decision on Public Accessibility
The Federal Circuit recently vacated and remanded a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), finding that the PTAB applied the wrong legal standard for …
Artificial Intelligence Inventor Asks If ‘WHO’ Can Be an Inventor Is the Wrong Question?
Recently a group out of the University of Surrey provided a new challenge to the definition of inventor, asking “who what may be an inventor on a …
Submit Your Comments: USPTO Proposes to Raise Inter Partes Review and Other Fees
On Wednesday, July 31, Acting Chief Financial Officer of the USPTO Sean Mildrew posted an announcement on the USPTO’s blog explaining the Office’s reasoning for its …
Three Inventions That Made My Summers Fun
As we enter the August heat, it’s worth remembering some of the patents that have made summers more bearable through the years, for kids and adults …
Patent Heavyweights Take Strong Stance Against ACLU Anti-Patent Reform Statements
Yesterday, 24 law professors, former Chief Judges of the Federal Circuit and former heads of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) sent a letter to Senators …
Antitrust Laws Are Not Enough to Kill Big Tech Monopolies
The United States is looking to antitrust law to break up big tech. Later today, for example, the House Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law will …
Evidentiary Hearing Held in Engineer’s Suit Against U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Alleging Bad-Faith Patent Examinations
The extent to which the existence of a patent system will promote “the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to ... inventors the …
