Posts Tagged: IPR Petitions
Serial and Duplicative Petitions at PTAB by Apple, Other Tech Giants Flout Congressional Intent
The Alliance of U.S. Startups and Inventors for Jobs (USIJ) recently released a report detailing the organization’s research into serial attacks on high quality patents …
Federal Circuit vacates PTAB over error in determining real party in interest in RPX petition
The Federal Circuit found that the PTAB didn’t meaningfully examine Salesforce’s relationship with RPX and the nature of RPX as an entity that helps its …
Apple Brings Patent Battle Against Qualcomm to PTAB With Six IPR Petitions on Four Patents
If Qualcomm's allegations are true, Apple will apparently stop at nothing to avoid paying licensing fees for Qualcomm’s patented technologies. Qualcomm’s tortious interference suit against …
Federal Circuit Hears Oral Arguments on St. Regis Appeal of Tribal Sovereign Immunity
On Monday, June 4th, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard oral arguments in St. Regis Mohawk Tribe v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals, a case appealed from …
USPTO Issues Guidance on Effects of Supreme Court’s Decision in SAS Institute on PTAB Trials
On Thursday, April 26th, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued new guidance regarding the effects of the U.S. Supreme Court’s judgment in SAS …
2017 Saw Fewest Patent Lawsuits Filed Since 2011
Q4 2017 saw a total of 981 patent infringement cases filed in district courts, the second-lowest total for any quarter in 2017 and the third-lowest total for any quarter dating …
58 Patents Upheld in District Court Invalidated by PTAB on Same Grounds
When going through the list of patents that have been deemed valid in district court and then invalidated through PTAB proceedings, there are 58 cases where the patent …
VoIP-Pal.com prevails in 7 separate IPRs, PTAB finds no evidence of invalidity
In two final decisions and five decisions on IPR institution, the PTAB panel of administrative patent judges (APJs) found that petitioners Apple and AT&T did not …
USPTO Increases IPR Filing Fees by $6,500 in Final Rule on Fee Adjustments
The USPTO issued a final rule to set or adjust certain patent fees as the agency is authorized to do under the America Invents Act (AIA) of 2011. …
Three rounds of IPR petitions invalidates VirnetX patent after Apple gets around statute of limitations
Luckily for Apple and Microsoft, however, VirnetX did not assert the ‘135 patent against Mangrove Partners, a hedge fund, which filed a petition for IPR against the ‘135 patent …
Crossing the Chasm: Avoiding and Surviving the PTAB
In 2012, the American Invents Act established three new administrative procedures: post grant review (PGR), inter-partes review (IPR), and covered business method patent (CBM) review. In each of …
Prepare for More Estoppel if the Supreme Court Reverses Federal Circuit on Partial IPR Institutions
Partial institutions lessen the value of estoppel because the petitioner avoids estoppel on claims that were challenged but not instituted. The PTAB never issues a final written …
Sovereign Immunity of Patents: While a Strong Benefit to Patent Owners, These Patents Remain Subject to Traditional Challenges
The United States Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) recently dismissed another inter partes review (“IPR”) based on an assertion of 11th Amendment sovereign immunity. This decision …
Is TC Heartland All Good News for Patent Litigation Defendants?
Joint-defense groups lower costs and increase efficiencies for all defendants in the groups. Certain prominent patent litigation boutiques and Big Law departments have skillfully made a business …
