by Jones Day's PTAB Team | Jul 14, 2016 | Evidentiary Issues
Current understanding of the PTAB process holds that a party’s petition challenging a patent must contain all evidence and arguments for institution that the party plans to present; otherwise, anything not included in the petition is forfeited. This understanding may...
by Jones Day's PTAB Team | Mar 4, 2016 | Evidentiary Issues
NHK Seating of Am., Inc. v. Lear Corp., IPR2014-01200, Final Written Decision, Paper 29 (P.T.A.B. Feb. 2, 2016) In IPR and CBM proceedings involving patents examined under pre-America Invents Act (AIA) rules, a patent owner may seek to disqualify a reference as prior...