by Marc S. Blackman | Sep 22, 2023 | Federal Circuit, Final Written Decisions
By Marc Blackman – In a precedential opinion, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated a final written decision in which the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) found that Apple had failed to meet its burden of showing unpatentability due to an...
by Marc S. Blackman | Jul 6, 2023 | Estoppel, PTAB News
By Marc Blackman and Ruth Brindel* – In decisions rare of their kind, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) terminated two ex parte reexaminations in view of inter partes review (“IPR”) proceedings initiated by a different party. The decisions represent...
by Marc S. Blackman | Sep 8, 2020 | Evidentiary Issues
By Marc Blackman – An IPR petitioner that relies on foreign language prior art must submit an English language translation of the reference along with an affidavit attesting to the accuracy of the translation. In a recent IPR proceeding, a petitioner’s reliance...
by Marc S. Blackman | May 28, 2020 | Time Limits, Trial Institution
By Marc Blackman – Applying the PTAB’s precedential NHK decision, the PTAB exercised its discretion to deny institution of three timely filed IPR petitions due to the advanced stage of a related district court action. Intel Corporation v. VLSI Technology LLC,...
by Marc S. Blackman | Mar 21, 2020 | Real Party in Interest
By Marc Blackman – In three related final written decisions, the PTAB ruled that Bayer Healthcare (“Bayer”) was not a real party in interest (“RPI”) to IPR petitions filed by NOF Corporation, even though Bayer had a business relationship with NOF and stood to...
