PTAB Decides Concurrent IPR and PGR Petitions After Resolving Priority Date Dispute
By Lisa Furby and Anneli Kawaoka - In anticipating a dispute over whether the America Invents Act would apply, Petitioner MPL Brands NV, Inc. (“MPL”) filed concurrent petitions for both inter partes review and post-grant review of U.S. Patent No. 11,932,441 (“’441...
USPTO/PTAB: Changes are on the Horizon
By Sarah Geers and Connor Scholes - In the closing weeks of 2024, USPTO Director Kathi Vidal announced her departure in a November LinkedIn post, stating that she would leave the Office during the second week of December to rejoin the partnership of Chicago-based law...
Federal Circuit Remands Based On Inadequate Explanation
By Parth Matalia and Matt Johnson - Palo Alto Networks (PAN) filed a petition for inter partes review of Centripetal Networks’ patent—U.S. Patent No. 10,530,903—which is directed to a computing system for correlating packets in communication networks with a network...
No Need to Show Reasonable Expectation of Success Regarding Inherent Property
By Raffaella Faraoni and Matt Johnson - The Federal Circuit affirmed six PTAB decisions that held unpatentable as obvious 79 claims of three Cytiva Bioprocess (“Cytiva”) challenged patents and reversed the PTAB decision upholding four claims. JSR Corp. (“JSR”) filed...
PTAB Denies Motion for Joinder After Unsuccessful District Court Invalidity Challenge
By David Linden and Dave Maiorana - On June 6, 2024, Shenzhen Waydoo Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd. (“Waydoo”) filed a petition for inter partes review (“IPR”) of U.S. Patent No. 9,359,044 (“the ’044 Patent”) (“IPR998”), assigned to MHL Custom, Inc. (“MHL”). ...