In an attempt to challenge the patentability of an issued claim, petitioners every so often come across a prior art reference that...
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Patent litigation often involves the intersection of practice before the PTAB and district courts. Not surprisingly then, the subject of...
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Remands and reversals of the Board are relatively rare. Nonetheless, the Federal Circuit has vacated or reversed PTAB decisions every so...
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On September 26, 2017, in In re Smith International, Inc., the Federal Circuit reversed the PTAB’s decision affirming an examiner’s...
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The Federal Circuit’s May 8, 2017 opinion in Intellectual Ventures II LLC v. Ericsson, Inc., while non-precedential, provides useful...
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On Thursday of last week, the Federal Circuit sitting en banc heard oral arguments in Wi-Fi One, LLC v. Broadcom Corporation. At its core,...
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In a rare reversal of a Board IPR decision, the Federal Circuit in Nidec Motor Corp. v. Zhongshan Broad Ocean Motor Co. Ltd., No. 2016-1900...
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In In re Aqua Products, Inc., No. 2015-1177, the Federal Circuit is revisiting en banc its prior precedent upholding the Patent Trial and...
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A new § 101 decision provides a little more insight into subject-matter eligibility. In Apple, Inv. v. Ameranth, Inc., Case Nos....