by Matthew Johnson | Oct 27, 2022 | Petitions, PTAB News
By Ashvi Patel* and Matt Johnson – Patent Owner, C.R. Laurence Co. Inc. (CRL), filed a patent infringement suit against Petitioner, Frameless Hardware Company LLC (FHC) for infringement of U.S. Patent No. 9,074,413 (the ‘413 patent) directed to framing members...
by Matthew Johnson | Oct 20, 2022 | PTAB News
By Anthony Bautista and Matt Johnson – In OpenSky Industries, LLC v. VLSI Technology LLC, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, Katherine Vidal, issued a precedential decision regarding OpenSky’s violation of the Director’s express order and...
by Matthew Johnson | Oct 18, 2022 | Estoppel, PTAB News
By Hannah Mehrle and Matt Johnson – Click-to-Call (Plaintiff/Patent Owner) filed an infringement suit against Ingenio (Defendant/Petitioner) and others. Defendant filed an IPR challenging the asserted claims. In the IPR petition, Petitioner asserted multiple...
by Carl Kukkonen | Oct 13, 2022 | PTAB News
By Carl Kukkonen – In Zynga Inc. v. IGT, IPR2022-00199, the USPTO Director, Kathi Vidal, sua sponte granted review and affirmed the decision instituting trial over patent owner’s argument that the Board erred in its application of interference estoppel...
by John Marlott | Oct 6, 2022 | Amendment Practice, PTAB News
By John Marlott – The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has again extended the Motion to Amend (MTA) Pilot Program at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The MTA Pilot Program provides a patent owner who files a motion to amend in a trial...
by Matthew Johnson | Sep 29, 2022 | PTAB News
By Matt Johnson – The institution rate for post-grant petitions in FY 2022 through the end of August 2022 (Oct. 1, 2021 through August 31, 2022) stands at 66% (706 instituted, 366 denied) compared to 59% in the previous fiscal year. The Patent Office notes that on a...