by Matthew Johnson | Mar 2, 2021 | PTAB News
On Monday the Supreme Court heard arguments in the Arthrex case (Nos. 19-1434; -1452; -1458) (click link for transcript) regarding whether PTAB judges are principal officers, who must be appointed by the president and confirmed, or whether they are inferior officers...
by Matthew Johnson | Feb 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
By Laura Kanouse* and Matt Johnson – In Sand Revolution II, LLC v. Continental Intermodal Group-Trucking LLC, IPR2019-1393, Paper 19, (PTAB April, 7 2020), the Board denied briefing based on a lack of jurisdiction while the Precedential Opinion Panel request was...
by Matthew Johnson | Feb 12, 2021 | Amendment Practice, Trial Institution
By Andrea Beathard and Matt Johnson – On January 28, 2021, the PTAB held a Boardside Chat webinar at which three PTAB judges discussed four recent developments related to America Invents Act (“AIA”) trials. First, Vice Chief Judge Michael Tierney discussed what...
by Matthew Johnson | Feb 10, 2021 | Trial Institution
By Sean Benevento*, Mike Lavine, and Matt Johnson – The PTAB recently held that the General Plastic factors weighed in favor of denying a follow-on IPR petition filed after the Patent Owner filed a preliminary response to an earlier petition challenging the same...
by Matthew Johnson | Feb 5, 2021 | Trial Institution
By Raffaella Faraoni and Carl Kukkonen – On January 19, 2021, Petitioner, 10X Genomics, requested via email authorization to file 1) a five page brief addressing the Board’s institution decision in Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. v. Acorn Semi, LLC, IPR2020-01204,...
