On October 11, 2018, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced a change in the claim construction standard used for...
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A Federal Circuit opinion issued September 13, 2018, has affirmed a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB” or “the...
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The PTAB has broad discretion under 35 U.S.C. § 325(d) to deny institution if “the same or substantially the same prior art or arguments...
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In Ericsson Inc. v. Intellectual Ventures I LLC, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded a final written decision...
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On August 16, 2018, the en banc Federal Circuit held that 35 U.S.C. § 315(b) unambiguously triggers the one-year time bar to file an inter...
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Based on recent Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB” or “the Board”) decisions, the best practice to establish an academic thesis...
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On Friday, July 20, 2018, the Federal Circuit, in a precedential opinion, affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (“PTAB’s”)...
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The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) rarely grants motions for additional discovery filed by a party in an inter partes review...
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The Supreme Court held in SAS Institute Inc. v. Iancu, 138 S. Ct. 1348 (2018), that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (“PTAB” or...