by Josh Nightingale | Nov 15, 2021 | Evidentiary Issues
By Grant Hebrank and Josh Nightingale – Under the Board’s rules, a patent owner gets to have the last word in a PTAB proceeding by filing a sur-reply to the petitioner’s reply. Sur-replies may only respond to arguments raised in the reply, and the “sur-reply …...
by Matthew Johnson | Nov 10, 2021 | Evidentiary Issues, Motions Practice
By Christian Roberts and Matt Johnson – Introducing evidence in a motion to file a reply to a patent owner’s preliminary response without the PTAB’s authorization may result in denial and expungement. A recent motion met such a fate in Ice Castles, LLC v....
by Matthew Johnson | Nov 4, 2021 | Evidentiary Issues
By John Wright* and Matt Johnson – Rule 42.23(b) is clear, “A sur-reply may only respond to arguments raised in the corresponding reply and may not be accompanied by new evidence other than deposition transcripts of the cross-examination of any reply...
by David Maiorana | Sep 23, 2021 | Evidentiary Issues, Motions Practice
By Lisa Furby and Dave Maiorana – In Apple, Inc. v. Parus Holdings, Inc. (IPR2020-00686), the PTAB denied the Patent Owner’s motion to exclude portions of the Petitioner’s supplemental expert declaration. Here the Patent Owner sought to exclude a number of...
by David Maiorana | May 11, 2021 | Discovery, Evidentiary Issues
By Dave Maiorana and Bobby Karl – Discovery in an IPR proceeding is limited compared to district court litigation in order to focus the proceedings and promote speed and efficiency. The PTAB Practice Guide and 37 C.F.R 42.51 provide for three types of...
by Matthew Johnson | Dec 8, 2020 | Evidentiary Issues, Expert Witnesses, PTAB News
By Matt Johnson – On December 8th, the PTAB published a Final Rule, formalizing a number of PTAB practices dictated by case law and described in the current Trial Practice Guide. The one substantive change of note is the removal to deference to the...
