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Eye on IPRs, August 2024: Federal Circuit Rules on Arguments Not Raised in Request for Rehearing, USPTO Director’s Potential...

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Every month, Erise’s patent attorneys review the latest inter partes review cases and news to bring you the stories that you should know about: Federal Circuit Addresses Waiver of Argument Not Raised in Request for...more

McDermott Will & Emery

PTO Finalizes Rules Promoting Independence in PTAB Decision-Making

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The US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) announced a final rule concerning pre-issuance internal circulation and review of decisions within the Patent Trial & Appeal Board. The new rules are designed to bolster the independence...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

PTAB Spotlight Series with Richard Bemben

In our PTAB Spotlight Series, attorneys will share their valuable insights on PTAB practice today, the challenges and opportunities clients face, and the trends practitioners should follow....more

McDermott Will & Emery

PTO Proposes Rules Promoting Independence in Board Decision-Making

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Seeking to bolster the independence of administrative patent judge (APJ) panels when issuing decisions and increase transparency regarding Patent Trial & Appeal Board processes, the US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) issued a...more

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UPC Insights: New technical judges appointed from courts and IPOs

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The Unified Patent Court (UPC) recently announced the appointment of 21 new technically qualified judges (TQJ) to the pool of judges of the pan-European court. The new TQJs are mainly judges from technical courts and IPOs...more

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APJ Stock Ownership Insufficient To Vacate

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On May 16, 2023, the Federal Circuit denied a petition for a writ of mandamus to direct the Board to vacate an institution decision based on stock ownership of an administrative patent judges (“APJ”) in In re Centripetal...more

Goodwin

Issue 40: PTAB Trial Tracker

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Precedential Opinion Addresses Conclusory Expert Declarations - In a precedential opinion in Xerox Corp. v. Bytemark, Inc., IPR2022-00624, Paper 9 (P.T.A.B. Aug. 24, 2022), the Board denied institution of an inter partes...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 18th Annual Paragraph IV Disputes - April 19th - 20th, New York, NY

Hosted by ACI, 18th Annual Paragraph IV Disputes Conference returns to New York City for another exciting year with curated programming that not only addresses the hot topics, but also puts them within the context of pre-suit...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2022 Decisions: Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., 35 F.4th...

Smith & Nephew petitioned for IPR of Arthrex’s ’907 patent, which claims a surgical device with an “eyelet” through which a suture is threaded. Smith & Nephew argued in relevant part that certain claims were anticipated by a...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2022 Decisions

As part of the recovery from the global COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit took steps to return to normal operations. It began requiring live oral arguments in August 2022 and, by November,...more

AEON Law

Patent Poetry: Patent Office Director Finds Petitioners Abused IPR Process

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In its 2021 Arthrex decision, the US Supreme Court found the Congressionally created inter partes review (IPR) system unconstitutional because it gave too much authority to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)...more

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PTAB Strategies and Insights Newsletter - December 2022: "LEAP to Chambers" Program: Associate Perspectives

On November 9, 2022, the USPTO’s Legal Experience and Advancement Program (LEAP) hosted "LEAP to Chambers," a new LEAP initiative to provide LEAP-eligible practitioners with an inside perspective on practicing before PTAB. ...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Seal of Disapproval: TTAB Refuses Registration of County Logos

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The Trademark Trial & Appeal Board (Board) issued a precedential decision affirming the US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) Examining Attorney’s refusal to register two different logo marks filed by southern California’s...more

Fenwick & West LLP

No More Waco, Texas Hold ‘Em on Patent Litigation Cases

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It isn’t every day that the literal landscape of patent litigation changes radically with the stroke of a pen. Monday, July 25, 2022 was such a day. That’s when Chief Judge Orlando H. Garcia of the U.S. District Court for the...more

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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office seeks stakeholder input on Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision-making procedures

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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's interim procedures for reviewing decisions of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board are receiving increased scrutiny. On July 20, 2022, the PTO issued a notice announcing notice-and-comment...more

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Reign Turns to Clouds—The Western District of Texas Fundamentally Changes Its Assignment Procedure for Patent Cases

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On Monday, July 25, the Chief Judge for the Western District of Texas issued an order altering how patent cases are assigned in that District. The order implements a “random assignment” procedure that now prevents plaintiffs...more

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New WDTX Order Shakes Up Initial Judge Assignments

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A recent order from Chief Judge Garcia of the US District Court for the Western District of Texas (WDTX) changes how judges are initially assigned to cases filed in its Waco Division. As of July 25, 2022, patent cases filed...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] Paragraph IV Disputes Master Symposium - September 21st - 22nd, Chicago, IL

ACI’s 8th Annual Paragraph IV Disputes Master Symposium returns in person to Chicago on September 21-22! Join leading pharmaceutical patent litigators for brand name and generic drug companies to receive up-to-the-minute...more

Morgan Lewis

PTAB Digest 2021/2022: The Latest Trends and Developments in Post-Grant Proceedings

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The PTAB Digest 2021/2022 provides an overview of PTAB statistics, trends, and updates that impact strategies and business decisions for patent owners and petitioners alike. Significant developments included the...more

Jones Day

Patent Owner Ordered To Produce Infringement Contentions

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On May 3, 2022, a panel of three PTAB administrative patent judges granted a motion for additional discovery in TCL Industries Holdings Co., Ltd. v. Parkervision, Inc., IPR2021-00985, (PTAB 2022), in which the PTAB deemed the...more

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Federal Circuit Approves Interim-Director Director Reviews

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The Federal Circuit’s decision on May 27, 2022 in Arthrex Inc. v. Smith & Nephew Inc. et al., set forth that Patent Commissioner, Drew Hirshfeld, was within the bounds of the U.S. Supreme Court’s United States v. Arthrex...more

Troutman Pepper

UPDATE: Arthrex Could Lead to Director Review of Institution Decisions

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In June 2021, the Supreme Court issued its decision in U.S. v. Arthrex, Inc., Nos. 19-1434, 19-1452, 19-1458 (June 21, 2021) (slip opinion). Authored by Chief Justice Roberts, the Court ruled that the statutory scheme...more

Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP

Commissioner of Patents Had Authority to Review IPRs While Moonlighting as USPTO Director

On May 27, in Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., the Federal Circuit agreed that the Commissioner for Patents, performing the duties of the Director of the USPTO, had the authority to decide a request for rehearing of a...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 13th Summit on Biosimilars & Innovator Biologics - June 28th - 29th, Boston, MA

This June, join the “who’s who” of the biosimilars and innovator biologics industries as they gather in Boston for ACI’s 13th Annual Summit on Biosimilars & Innovator Biologics....more

Knobbe Martens

Commissioner’s Exercise of Vacant Director’s Duties Does Not Violate Appointments Clause

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ARTHREX, INC. v. SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. Before Moore, Reyna, and Chen.  Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: During vacancies of Director and Deputy Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office,...more

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