The Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) obstacles to successful motions to amend have been daunting. As published previously, filing motions to amend have historically been an exercise in futility due to their low chance...more
8/6/2020
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Sua Sponte
On July 22, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit) issued an opinion in Uniloc 2017 LLC v. Hulu, LLC & Netflix, Inc., No. 2019-1686 (Fed. Cir. 2020) authorizing the U.S. Patent Trial &...more
8/4/2020
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Administrative Authority ,
Appeals ,
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Litigation Strategies ,
Motion to Amend ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent Validity ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Reviewability Determinations ,
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Section 103 ,
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