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In the world of patent law, Post-Grant Review (PGR) and Inter Partes Review (IPR) are crucial mechanisms for challenging... Read More »
In the realm of patent examination, the search for prior art plays a critical role in determining the novelty and inventiveness of an... Read More »
We often see discussions around the web and various statistics about “worthless” patents. However, as patent... Read More »
VALVE CORPORATION v. IRONBURG INVENTIONS LTD.
Before Newman, Lourie, and Dyk. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: For purposes of... Read More »
VIDSTREAM LLC V. TWITTER, INC.
Before Newman, O’Malley, and Taranto. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Evidence of a prior art... Read More »
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. v. INFOBRIDGE PTE. LTD.
Before Newman, Schall, and O’Malley. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: ... Read More »
The quote is from “Treasure of the Sierra Madre” when a bandido leader is trying to convince Bogart that his gang are Federales, and Bogie asks to see... Read More »
On July 13, 2018, the Federal Circuit decided Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Amneal Pharmaceuticals, LLC, affirming the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)’s... Read More »
Federal Circuit Summary
Before Newman, Lourie, and Reyna. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: References were sufficiently... Read More »
Federal Circuit Summary
Before Taranto, Plager, and Chen. Appeal from the Patent Trials and Appeals Board.
Summary: In determining whether materials... 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 Mark E. Davis and Benjamin Anger
On remand from the Federal Circuit, the PTAB granted Veritas’s Supplemental Motion to Amend for one substitute... Read More »
In Meiresonne v. Google, Inc., [2016-1755] (March 7, 2017), the Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB determination that claims 16, 17, 19 and 20 of U.S. Patent No... Read More »
Inter Partes Review (IPR) proceedings are limited to prior art challenges for printed prior art. Although prior art typically includes drawings that illustrate... Read More »
The second prong of the Alice test is commonly abbreviated as requiring an “inventive concept.” Of course, that same nomenclature is used by many... Read More »
The recent decision on Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. v. Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals LP raises the issue of ‘secret prior art’ and also raises... Read More »
Microsoft Corporation, one of the largest software companies of the world, has posed an even larger question before the U.S. Supreme Court pertaining to Patent ... Read More »