by Matthew Johnson | Jun 2, 2023 | Motions Practice, PTAB News
By Levent Herguner, Derek Walker,* and Matt Johnson – On May 10, 2023, a PTAB Panel excused the late filings of the Patent Owner and allowed over thirty exhibits and a Corrected Patent Owner Response (“CPOR”) to be submitted into the record in Samsung...
by Matthew Johnson | May 30, 2023 | PTAB News
By Jack Graves and Matt Johnson – On May 16, 2023, the Federal Circuit denied a petition for a writ of mandamus to direct the Board to vacate an institution decision based on stock ownership of an administrative patent judges (“APJ”) in In re Centripetal...
by Matthew Johnson | May 25, 2023 | PTAB News, Trial Institution
By Sue Gerber and Matt Johnson – The PTAB recently issued back-to-back Fintiv denials. The first denial issued on May 4, 2023. Read here about Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. v. California Institute of Tech., No. IPR2023-00130, Paper 10 (P.T.A.B. May 4, 2023). ...
by Matthew Johnson | May 18, 2023 | PTAB News, Trial Institution
By Hannah Mehrle and Matt Johnson – The Board exercised discretion under § 314 to deny inter partes review in view of co-pending district court litigation. In the Institution Decision, the Board evaluated the Fintiv factors in light of the USPTO Director’s June...
by David Maiorana | May 1, 2023 | 325(d) issues, PTAB News
By David Linden, Dave Maiorana, and Marc Blackman – Director Vidal recently vacated a decision denying institution of an inter partes review (“IPR”) to allow Google, the Petitioner, to brief whether discretionary denial was warranted under Section 325(d) in view...
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...
