by Matthew Johnson | Mar 27, 2023 | PTAB News, Trial Institution
By Anthony Bautista and Matt Johnson – In Apple, Inc. v. Katherine K. Vidal, the Federal Circuit ruled that Apple and the other plaintiffs could continue their suit on a lone surviving challenge to the PTAB Director’s rulemaking procedures regarding...
by Matthew Johnson | Mar 17, 2023 | PTAB News, Trial Institution
By Hannah Mehrle and Matt Johnson – In IPR2022-01242, Director Vidal clarified that her prior guidance, which allows the Board to institute inter partes review even if the Fintiv factors favor discretionary denial first requires the Board to find that Fintiv...
by Josh Nightingale | Feb 28, 2023 | Petitions, PGR, Trial Institution
By Ashvi Patel and Josh Nightingale – Samsung Electronics Co. (“Samsung”) recently faced the issue of determining whether U.S. Patent No. 11,163,823 (“the ‘823 patent”) is a pre- or post-AIA patent. Hedging its bets, Samsung concurrently filed two petitions—one...
by David Maiorana | Feb 6, 2023 | Joinder, PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics, Trial Institution
By David Linden and Dave Maiorana – On September 1, 2022, CommScope, Inc. (“CommScope”) filed a Petition for inter partes review (“IPR”) of claims 8–10, 15, 24–26, and 31 of U.S. Patent No. 8,462,835 (“the ’835 Patent”) in IPR2022-01443 (“the ’443 IPR”). The...
by Matthew Johnson | Dec 29, 2022 | Joinder, Trial Institution
By Hannah Mehrle and Matt Johnson – The PTAB denied a request for institution and joinder because the petitioner was the petitioner in one other instituted IPR directed to the same patent, and the petitioner did not explain adequately to the PTAB why another...
by Matthew Johnson | Dec 1, 2022 | PTAB News, Trial Institution
By Ashvi Patel and Matt Johnson – Patent Owner, IP Bridge, filed a patent infringement suit against Petitioner, Ericsson, for infringement of seven of its patents directed at radio communication between a base station and a mobile station and related apparatuses...
