by Matthew Johnson | Jun 19, 2024 | Design Patents, Federal Circuit Appeal, Prior Art Issues
By John Evans, Jesse Wynn, and Erin Bies* – Those following this blog knew change was coming to design patent obviousness in the LKQ v. GM decision by the en banc Federal Circuit. In its May 21, 2024 decision, the court overruled the long-standing Rosen-Durling...
by John Evans, Ph.D. | May 23, 2024 | Design Patents, Federal Circuit Appeal, PTAB News
By John Evans and Jesse Wynn – The en banc Federal Circuit has overruled the Rosen-Durling test for design patent obviousness, holding that the Supreme Court’s KSR decision dictated “a more flexible approach . . . for determining non-obviousness.” LKQ v. GM,...
by Matthew Johnson | Jun 7, 2023 | Final Written Decisions, PTAB News
By Adam J. Cook,* Christian Roberts, and Matt Johnson – On May 12, 2023, the Intel v. VLSI chronicle continued as the PTAB issued a final written decision holding that all of the challenged claims of VLSI’s U.S. Patent No. 7,725,759 (“the ’759 patent”) were...
by Matthew Johnson | Sep 8, 2022 | Discovery, Evidentiary Issues
By Julia Paschwitz* and Matt Johnson – On September 21, 2021 a PTAB panel granted a motion to strike two Exhibits as not timely submitted by the Petitioner in Samsung Electronics America, Inc. v. Kannuu PTY LTD, IPR2020-00738. Those exhibits were submitted by...
by Josh Nightingale | Sep 1, 2022 | Discovery, PTAB News
By Christian Roberts and Josh Nightingale – The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) recently denied a Petitioner’s Motion for Additional Discovery. Scientific Design Co., Inc. v. Shell Oil Co., IPR2021-01537, Paper 18 (PTAB Aug. 12, 2022). In an inter partes...