by Matthew Johnson | Sep 17, 2017 | PTAB News
By Matt Johnson The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has released AIA trial filing and disposition numbers for July 2017. Filings remain near the 150 mark, with 138 total trials being requested in July, 135 of those being requests for Inter Partes Review. This is down...
by Matthew Johnson | Aug 3, 2017 | PTAB Trial Basics
By Marlee Hartenstein and Matt Johnson Under 35 U.S.C. § 315(b), a petition for inter partes review (IPR) may not be filed more than one year after the date on which the petitioner was served with a patent infringement complaint. Thus, a petition must meet all of the...
by Matthew Johnson | Jun 30, 2017 | PTAB Trial Basics
By Josh Nightingale and Matt Johnson On June 12, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Oil States Energy Servs., LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC, to decide whether inter partes review (IPR) violates the Constitution by extinguishing patent rights...
by Matthew Johnson | May 26, 2017 | Evidentiary Issues
By Emily Lamm and Matt Johnson In Polygroup Ltd. v. Willis Electric Co., Ltd., the Patent Trial and Appeal Board denied a Patent Owner request for documents already provided in a co-pending lawsuit but restricted from use by a protective order. IPR2016-01610, Paper...
by Matthew Johnson | Apr 15, 2017 | PTAB News, Trial Institution
By Matt Johnson PTAB trials are nearly always (~ 4 out of 5) driven by some concurrent litigation need, either a district court complaint of infringement filed against the petitioner or an International Trade Commission (ITC) investigation initiated by the patent...