Posts Tagged: PTAB Trials
Supreme Court Asked to Decide if AIA Creates Standing for Any Party to Appeal PTAB Decisions
Japanese manufacturer JTEKT Corporation recently filed a petition for writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court asking he nation’s highest court to determine whether …
CAFC Vacates PTAB Decision to Uphold Conversant Wireless Patent Challenged by Google, LG
On Tuesday, November 20th, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a nonprecedential decision in Google LLC v. Conversant Wireless Licensing, which vacated a decision …
Nasdaq ISE Files Motion to Disqualify Fish & Richardson at PTAB Over Prior Representation
Nasdaq ISE’s motion to disqualify Fish & Richardson was made pursuant to 37 CFR 11.109, which prevents a practitioner from representing a party adverse to a former client in …
Supreme Court Refuses to Take SSL Services v. Cisco, Will Not Answer Question on Multiple Proceedings Rule at PTAB
In its petition for writ, SSL Services argued that the PTAB’s decision to institute the IPR incorrectly denied the application of 35 U.S.C. § 325(d), the …
CAFC Affirms PTAB Win for Patent Owner in Nonprecedential Decision, Chief Prost Dissents
The Federal Circuit recently issued a nonprecedential opinion in Amazon.com, Inc. v. ZitoVault, LLC, affirming a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that …
After Priority Date Lost, PTAB Invalidates Aircraft Lavatory Design Patent
Despite the April 2011 priority date asserted for the ‘031 design patent, the PTAB found in its institution decision that the ‘031 patent wasn’t entitled to the priority date …
CAFC finds nexus between minimally invasive surgical patent and commercialized procedure
On Friday, November 9th, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a nonprecedential decision in NuVasive, Inc. v. Iancu, which vacated certain findings of the …
Blockbuster Restasis Patent Goes Down at Federal Circuit a Victim of Rule 36
Without any explanation, analysis or justification, Chief Judge Prost, and Judges Reyna and Hughes affirmed the decision of colleague Judge Bryson. A patent to a blockbuster drug …
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 …
Supreme Court to Determine if Federal Government Is a ‘Person’ Eligible to Petition the PTAB
The case will ask the highest court in the nation to determine whether the federal government is a person who may petition the Patent Trial and Appeal …
Harmonizing the PTAB: Iancu calls change to Phillips ‘critically important’
"It seems self-evident that the same patent contested in different tribunals should have its meaning – its boundaries – determined using the same standard," Director Iancu said when discussing …
Federal Circuit Vacates PTAB’s Decision to Uphold Enthone Patent
The Federal Circuit recently issued a nonprecedential decision in BASF Corporation v. Enthone, Inc. which vacated an earlier decision stemming from an inter partes review (IPR) proceeding …
SharkNinja Denied by PTAB, IPR Petition to Vacuum Cleaner Hose Patent Not Instituted
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board issued a decision denying the institution of an inter partes review (IPR) proceeding petitioned by home appliance developer SharkNinja. The decision …
Can the Federal Circuit use Rule 36 Affirmances in PTAB Appeals?
Inventor advocacy group US Inventor recently filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court asking the nation’s highest court to grant a petition for …
Comcast Invalidates Rovi Patents at PTAB that Previously Secured Limited Exclusion Order at ITC
Perhaps Rovi will take the opportunity to test the waters with the newly created Precedential Opinion Panel (POP), which is intended to bring uniformity between examination procedures …
