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In In re: Smith International, Inc., [2016-2303] (September 26, 2017), the Federal Circuit reversed the PTAB’s affirmance of the Examiner’s rejections of... Read More »
Written by Peter E. Heuser, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.
In almost 150 pages and five separate opinions, a majority of an en banc Circuit remands to the... Read More »
Last year, we published a list of the most litigated patents (Patexia Insight 8). Most of these patents did not survive, with the number of attacks faced by various... Read More »
Written by Benjamin Anger and Mark Rubinshtein, Ph.D.
A magistrate judge in the Eastern District of Texas recommended in Network-1 Technologies, Inc. v... Read More »
Written by Ben J. Everton and David T. Kim
The PTAB denied institution of Covered Business Method (CBM) Review, finding that the parties’ license agreement... Read More »
Last week, we released the names of the five most active companies in IPR. However, the most active ones are not necessarily the best performing. This week, we have... Read More »
Written by Benjamin Anger and David T. Kim
The PTAB’s Chief Administrative Patent Judge and Deputy Chief Administrative Patent Judge joined an expanded PTAB ... Read More »
Last September we released the top 25 petitioners in IPRs. Apple was atop the list with almost 5 percent of all cases filed. We reviewed all IPR cases again this year ... Read More »
Written by Peter Law and Kerry S. Taylor, Ph.D.
September 16, 2017 marked five years since the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) was created. Some of... Read More »
Written by Daniel A. Kamkar and Benjamin Anger
On August 30, 2017, the PTAB issued a Final Written Decision in M & P Golf, LLC (d/b/a Cool Clubs) v. Max Out... Read More »
Written by Joe Jennings
Editors: John Sganga, Joe Cianfrani and Boris Zelkind
Judgments and Awards
On August 31, 2017, a jury in the Northern District of... Read More »
Oil States/CAFC to Unravel “Litigation” Premise
Sovereign immunity from proceedings of the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) has become... Read More »
In Southwire Co. v. Cerro Wire LLC, [2016-2287] (September 8, 2017), the Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB’s decision in an Inter Partes reexamination that the... Read More »
Written by Peter Law and Kerry S. Taylor, Ph.D.
In a creative move to take advantage of recent PTAB decisions regarding Sovereign Immunity, (see e.g., Covidien LP ... Read More »
PTAB Precedent (Not Surprisingly) Embraces CAFC Precedent
As I pointed out last week, it is a heavy lift for the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) to... Read More »
Written by Mark Kachner and Daniel P. Hughes
Editors: John Sganga, Joseph Cianfrani and Boris Zelkind
Judgments and Awards
On August 11, 2017 a northern... Read More »
Several new green patent complaints were filed in May and June in the areas of advanced batteries, electroluminescence lighting technology, green cleaning solvents... Read More »
Written by Mark Kachner and Daniel P. Hughes
Editors: John Sganga, Joseph Cianfrani and Boris Zelkind
Judgments and Awards
On August 11, 2017, a Los... Read More »
Written by Mark Kachner and Daniel P. Hughes
Editors: John Sganga, Joseph Cianfrani and Boris Zelkind
Judgments and Awards
On August 14, 2017, a New York... Read More »
Preserving The PTAB Trial Record
An objection operates to preserve errors in admitting evidence. At the PTAB, the manner and timing of making evidentiary... Read More »