On October 5, 2017, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) issued a final written decision in an inter partes review proceeding...
Federal Circuit
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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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In Ultratec, the Federal Circuit highlighted several problems with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (“PTAB” or “Board”)...
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In Nidec Motor Corp. v. Zhongshan Broad Ocean Motor Co. LTD., 2016-2321 (Fed. Cir. August 22, 2017)(designated precedential), the Federal...
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In Homeland Housewares, LLC, v. Whirlpool Corporation, IPR2014-00877 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 4, 2017) (Judges Prost, Newman, and Dyk), the Federal...
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The Federal Circuit recently changed the scope of CBM eligible patents. While the Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB) had previously...
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On May 11, 2017, the Federal Circuit denied a request for an initial hearing en banc in Cascades Projection LLC v. Epson Am., Inc., Nos....
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On May 22, 2017, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in SAS Institute, Inc. v. Lee, No. 16-969, 2017 WL 468440 (U.S. May 22, 2017). The...