by Matthew Johnson | Jul 21, 2022 | Prior Art Issues, PTAB News
By Eric Jjemba,* Evan Jones, and Matt Johnson – On June 1, 2022, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board issued a Final Written Decision finding unpatentable three claims of AutoStore Technology AS’s (“AutoStore’s”) U.S. Patent No. 10,294,025 (“the ’025 patent”),...
by Matthew Johnson | Jul 13, 2022 | Discovery, District Court, PTAB News
By Connor Scholes,* Evan Jones, and Matt Johnson – On May 3, 2022, a panel of three PTAB administrative patent judges granted a motion for additional discovery in TCL Industries Holdings Co., Ltd. v. Parkervision, Inc., IPR2021-00985, (PTAB 2022), in which the...
by Matthew Johnson | Jul 8, 2022 | Final Written Decisions, PTAB News
By Kaylee Rabatin and Matt Johnson – The Federal Circuit’s decision on May 27, 2022 in Arthrex Inc. v. Smith & Nephew Inc. et al., set forth that Patent Commissioner, Drew Hirshfeld, was within the bounds of the U.S. Supreme Court’s United States v. Arthrex...
by Matthew Johnson | Jul 1, 2022 | PTAB News, Trial Institution
By Evan Jones, Nicole Newman,* and Matt Johnson – On May 9, 2022, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board denied Hillman Group, Inc.’s (“Hillman’s”) three petitions for inter partes review. See The Hillman Group, Inc. v. Hy-Ko Products Co. LLC, IPR2022-00168, -00169,...
by Matthew Johnson | Jun 30, 2022 | PTAB News
By Lisa Furby and Matt Johnson – Within the past few weeks, the PTAB has issued new guidance addressing a number of important issues including the use of applicant admitted prior art, the Director review process, and changes to PTAB hearings going forward....
