by Matthew Johnson | Nov 23, 2022 | PTAB Trial Basics, Trial Institution
By Simon Maxell* and Matt Johnson – On March 3, 2021, Via Transportation, Inc. (Plaintiff/Patent Owner) filed an infringement suit against RideCo Inc. (Defendant/Petitioner) in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas for infringement of U.S....
by Matthew Johnson | Nov 16, 2022 | Prior Art Issues, Trial Institution
By Matt Modderman,* Robby Breetz, and Matt Johnson – A PTAB panel recently denied IPR institution where one of the asserted prior art references was non-analogous and thus the POSITA would not have made the proposed § 103 combination. The Chamberlain Group, LLC v....
by Matthew Johnson | Nov 10, 2022 | PTAB News, PTAB Trial Basics, Trial Institution
By Emily Tait and Jack Graves* – A PTAB panel recently granted a Petitioner’s motion to submit a second expert declaration that directly addressed deficiencies identified by the PTAB’s Institution Decision. While a “close” case, the panel concluded that allowing the...
by Matthew Johnson | Aug 19, 2022 | PGR, Trial Institution
By Nicolas Aalberg,* Evan Jones, and Matt Johnson – On June 10, 2022, the PTAB in Apple Inc. v. MemoryWeb LLC denied Apple’s “conditional” IPR petition but instituted review of Apple’s concurrently-filed PGR petition, finding that MemoryWeb’s U.S. Patent No....
by Josh Nightingale | Aug 10, 2022 | PTAB News, Trial Institution
By Luke Cipolla*, Robby Breetz, and Josh Nightingale – The USPTO released a study in June 2022 that analyzed the prevalence of Fintiv denials occurring between January 1, 2019 and December 31, 2021. The Study focused on data illustrating how often patent owners...
by Josh Nightingale | Jul 19, 2022 | PTAB News, Trial Institution
By Victoria Kline* and Josh Nightingale – During the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) Boardside Chat on July 7, 2022, discussion focused on Director Katherine Vidal’s interim guidance on discretionary denials under the Board’s precedential Apple v. Fintiv...
