by Jones Day's PTAB Team | Jul 18, 2017 | PTAB Trial Basics
By John Evans Ph.D. and John Froemming In the wake of the high-profile dispute in Apple v. Samsung, design patent procurement and enforcement activity has increased significantly. But practitioners may not appreciate that design patent validity can be attacked using...
by Carl Kukkonen | Jul 11, 2017 | PTAB Trial Basics
By Jeff Giering, Ph.D. and Carl Kukkonen In an order entered June 30, 2017, the PTAB denied a motion by counsel for patent owner Purple Leaf, LLC (“Counsel”) to withdraw from representation in a trio of IPRs (IPR2016-01720, IPR2016-01721, and IPR2016-01722). Counsel...
by Matthew Johnson | Jun 30, 2017 | PTAB Trial Basics
By Josh Nightingale and Matt Johnson On June 12, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Oil States Energy Servs., LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC, to decide whether inter partes review (IPR) violates the Constitution by extinguishing patent rights...
by John Marlott | Jun 20, 2017 | Evidentiary Issues, PTAB Trial Basics
By Christian Damon and John Marlott By rule, a petitioner may request permission from the Board to submit supplemental information in an IPR proceeding if: (1) the request is filed within one month of the Board’s institution decision, and (2) the supplemental...
by Greg Castanias | Jun 12, 2017 | PTAB Trial Basics
By Greg Castanias, Sasha Mayergoyz, and Stuart Yothers Today, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to the constitutionality of inter partes review. In Oil States Energy Services v. Greene’s Energy Group, No. 16-712, the Court agreed to decide this question: ...
by David Maiorana | May 19, 2017 | PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics
By Dave Maiorana We have previously reported (on February 1, on March 1, and on March 30) how patent owners have seen a mixed bag of results in trying to convince PTAB panels that secondary considerations of non-obviousness were sufficient to outweigh a prima facie...