by Matthew Johnson | Nov 9, 2023 | Evidentiary Issues, Federal Circuit Appeal, Final Written Decisions
By Jack Graves and Matt Johnson – In Elekta Limited v. Zap Surgical Systems, Inc., the Federal Circuit recently affirmed a PTAB decision finding certain claims of a patent owned by Elekta Limited (“Elekta”) to be unpatentable, even though the PTAB decision had...
by Lisa Furby | Apr 26, 2023 | Evidentiary Issues, PTAB News
By Jesse Wynn and Lisa Furby – Parties before the PTAB should be careful to submit supplemental materials as soon as practicable. In Extractiontek Sales v. Gene Pools Tech., the PTAB denied a Patent Owner’s motion to submit a deposition transcript from a...
by Carl Kukkonen | Mar 7, 2023 | Evidentiary Issues, Expert Witnesses
By Carl Kukkonen – In Xerox Corp. v. Bytemark, Inc., IPR2022-00624, Paper 9 (Aug. 24, 2022) the PTAB denied institution of an Inter Partes Review under 35 USC § 314. This denial was based on several factors including the declaration of the petitioner’s expert...
by Matthew Johnson | Feb 3, 2023 | Evidentiary Issues, Federal Circuit Appeal, Prior Art Issues, PTAB News
By Sue Gerber and Matt Johnson – Proof of prior art is an issue that often arises in inter partes and post grant review proceedings before the PTAB. In a recent decision, the Federal Circuit explained the quantum of proof that is required to establish prior...
by Matthew Johnson | Jan 26, 2023 | Evidentiary Issues, PTAB News
By Ryan Mueller, Sachin Patel, and Matt Johnson – The PTAB recently granted Frameless Hardware Company LLC’s (“FHC”) motion to submit supplemental information to its expert’s original declaration in support of institution. FHC had filed two petitions against...
by Matthew Johnson | Jan 13, 2023 | Discovery, Evidentiary Issues, PTAB News
By Ashvi Patel, Marlee Hartenstein, and Matt Johnson – On November 18, 2022, a panel of three PTAB administrative patent judges denied a Patent Owner’s Request for Additional Discovery in Twitter, Inc. v. Palo Alto Research Center Inc., IPR2021-01398. The PTAB...
