by Matthew Johnson | Mar 2, 2022 | Real Party in Interest, Time Limits
By Mike Lavine, Matt Chung, and Matt Johnson – Recently, the Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB) declined to terminate an inter partes review (IPR) proceeding despite the Petitioner’s alleged failure to identify all the real parties-in-interest (RPIs). Unified...
by Matthew Johnson | Apr 7, 2021 | CBMs, Time Limits
By Hannah Mehrle and Matt Johnson – A PTAB panel found FedEx sufficiently akin to Priority Mail Express to meet the petition service rule, and to the extent necessary further waived the regulatory requirements related to the timing of Petitioner’s (TIZ Inc....
by Matthew Johnson | Oct 30, 2020 | PTAB News, Time Limits
By Matt Johnson – Although infrequently awarded, district courts are empowered to issue sanctions for behavior at the PTAB that they deem “exceptional” under Octane Fitness. In Game and Technology Co., Ltd. v. Wargaming Group Limited, district court defendant and...
by Matthew Johnson | Oct 2, 2020 | Federal Circuit Appeal, Time Limits
By Matt Johnson – Current PTAB-relevant case law dictates: 35 U.S.C. § 315(b) “unambiguously precludes the Director from instituting an IPR if the petition seeking institution is filed more than one year after the petitioner, real party in interest, or privy of...
by Tom Ritchie | Jun 11, 2020 | Time Limits, Trial Institution
By Tom Ritchie – The PTAB has explained that it has discretion to deny an IPR petition even if the petitioner has shown that it meets the statutory threshold for institution, which requires “that there is a reasonable likelihood that the petitioner would prevail...
by Marc S. Blackman | May 28, 2020 | Time Limits, Trial Institution
By Marc Blackman – Applying the PTAB’s precedential NHK decision, the PTAB exercised its discretion to deny institution of three timely filed IPR petitions due to the advanced stage of a related district court action. Intel Corporation v. VLSI Technology LLC,...
