Key Takeaways
- On March 31, 2020, PTO Director Andrei Iancu ordered the PTAB to grant any requests for extensions for pre-institution briefing schedules for any COVID-19-related delays.
- Significantly, the March 31...more
4/7/2020
/ CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Court Closures ,
Court Schedules ,
Director of the USPTO ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Motion To Stay ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Post-Grant Review ,
Time Extensions ,
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Key Takeaways -
The PTAB’s criteria for whether to deny institution of an IPR where the prior art or arguments cited in the IPR petition were considered by the PTO during patent prosecution have been clarified by three...more