Posts Tagged: PTAB
IPWatchdog Annual Meeting Now VIRTUAL CON2020
IPWatchdog® CON2020 has gone VIRTUAL! The IPWatchdog® Virtual CON2020 will endeavor to address the issues facing innovators, creators and brand owners as they find it increasingly …
IPWatchdog Annual Meeting Now VIRTUAL CON2020
IPWatchdog® CON2020 has gone VIRTUAL! The IPWatchdog® Virtual CON2020 will endeavor to address the issues facing innovators, creators and brand owners as they find it increasingly …
USPTO Rulemaking on PTAB Precedential Opinions Deserves Public Support
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has submitted proposed rulemaking for review by the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Although the …
Patent Filings Roundup: Clash of Clans Conflict Continues; First ANDA-Related Pharmaceutical Patent Discretionary Denial; Freedom-to-Operate Action on Synthetic Peptide Tech
District court patent filings bounced back this week to 86, while the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) saw a slight jump to 44, fueled in part by eight …
Iancu Updates Users on Filing Stats Amid Pandemic During IPO Annual Meeting Address
In his address to the Intellectual Property Owners Virtual Annual Meeting yesterday, USPTO Director Andrei Iancu said that, despite sharp declines in filings and renewals, COVID-19 seems …
Tech Companies’ Lawsuit Against USPTO – and Small Business Inventors’ Motion to Intervene – Highlight Need to Address NHK-Fintiv Factors Via Rulemaking
On September 9, a panel of three administrative patent judges (APJs) at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a decision denying institution of a petition filed …
Patent Filings Roundup: CBM Goes Out with a Whimper; Board Denies Unwired Planet Challenge After District Court Verdict; Fortress-Owned Divx Targets Devices
District court filings were substantially lulled this week, with about a third of what’s normal—33—filed to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s 32 petitions, propped …
An Argument for Mandatory Production of Limited Secondary Consideration Evidence by Petitioners in Inter Partes Reviews
The Federal Circuit has repeatedly confirmed that secondary consideration evidence is an integral part of an obviousness analysis (indeed, it “may be the most pertinent, probative, and …
Patent Filings Roundup: Lighthouse Campaign Snuffed Out, At Liberty to Sue, Express Train Rolls On
District court and Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) patent filings were at roughly steady-state again this week, with 36 PTAB petitions and 75 new patent infringement district court …
Revised Facebook v. Windy City Opinion Preserves Bar on Self-Joinder for IPRs, Remands to PTAB on Late-Filed Petitions
On September 4, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) modified and reissued its March 18, 2020 opinion in Facebook v. Windy City Innovations, LLC, following …
Federal Circuit Vacates District Court Invalidity Judgment Based on Judicial Estoppel
On August 28, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirmed the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts’ claim construction in …
IPWatchdog Annual Meeting Now VIRTUAL CON2020
IPWatchdog® CON2020 has gone VIRTUAL! The IPWatchdog® Virtual CON2020 will endeavor to address the issues facing innovators, creators and brand owners as they find it increasingly …
Patent Filings Roundup: IP Edge Sues 26; Quirky IP Files for Creator; Spell Check Targeted
District court and Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) patent filings were steady this past week, with 31 PTAB petitions and 78 new district court complaints. Many of those …
IPWatchdog Annual Meeting Now VIRTUAL CON2020
IPWatchdog® CON2020 has gone VIRTUAL! The IPWatchdog® Virtual CON2020 will endeavor to address the issues facing innovators, creators and brand owners as they find it increasingly …
IPWatchdog’s CON2020 Kicks Off with Andrei Iancu on 101, China, and Building Respect for IP
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director, Andrei Iancu, joined day one of Virtual CON2020 today to chat with IPWatchdog CEO and Founder Gene Quinn about …
