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Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP

IP Alert: USPTO Proposes New Rules for AIA Trial Practice

On April 18, the USPTO announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Notice”), which sets forth proposed rules affecting AIA trial proceedings for public comment. These proposed rules relate primarily to how the Patent Trial...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Termination of IPR Proceeding on the Eve of Final Written Decision Dooms Joinder Attempt

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has denied institution and joinder of an inter partes review petition after determining that the petition was not only time-barred but that joinder was also foreclosed. In making its...more

Erise IP

Eye on IPRs, March 2024: PTAB’s Claim Construction of Cooling Patent is Hot Issue, SCOTUS Won’t Hear IPR Joinder Challenge

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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: Cooling Patent Restored by Federal Circuit Over PTAB’s Claim Construction - ...more

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PTAB Institutes Celltrion and Biocon IPRs on Regeneron Aflibercept Dosing Patent

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Late last month, a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) panel instituted two petitions that were filed separately by Celltrion and Biocon for inter partes review (“IPR”) of Regeneron’s U.S. Patent 11,253,572 (“the ’572...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Keep Calm and Party On: New Issue Prohibition Doesn’t Apply to Motions to Amend

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a Patent Trial & Appeal Board obviousness determination, explaining that inter partes review (IPR) statutory provisions that prohibit an otherwise time-barred party...more

Venable LLP

EYLEA® (aflibercept) and Soliris® (eculizumab) IPR Updates

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On December 8, 2023, the PTAB instituted three of Samsung Bioepis’s pending IPRs against Alexion’s Soliris® (eculizumab), IPR2023-00933, IPR2023-00998, and IPR2023-00999. The challenged patents include composition of matter,...more

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PTAB Applies General Plastic Factors to Serial Petitions Seeking Joinder

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In February 2023, T-Mobile USA, Inc. (“T-Mobile”) filed petitions requesting four inter partes reviews (“the T-Mobile IPRs”)—two of which challenged U.S. Patent No. 8,630,234 and two of which challenged U.S. Patent No....more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Senator Coons And Co-Sponsors Introduce the PREVAIL Act

In addition to his efforts regarding patent subject matter eligibility law (see "Senate Bill Proposed to Provide Subject Matter Eligibility Solution", co-sponsored with Senator Tillis), Senator Coons, joined by Senators...more

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PTAB Denies Joinder Motion Filed More One Month After PGR Institution

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Typically, a Motion for Joinder to an earlier post-grant review (“PGR”) must be filed within one month of the institution of the earlier PGR. 37 C.F.R. § 42.222(b).While the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) does have...more

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Joinder Denied For Petitioner Whose Invalidity Case Was Dismissed With Prejudice

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In the PTAB’s recent decision in Code 200 v. Bright Data Ltd., IPR2021-01503, Paper No. 13 (PTAB Mar. 14, 2022), the PTAB expounded upon the circumstances in which joinder of a “me-too” case under § 315(b) was not...more

Haug Partners LLP

Federal Circuit Clarifies Scope of PTAB Review - estoppel decisions appealable under § 314(d)

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Uniloc 2017, LLC v. Facebook, Inc., Case No. 19-1688 (Fed. Cir. March 9, 2021) - The Federal Circuit has further clarified the scope of what types of PTAB decisions are appealable under 35 U.S.C. § 314(d). In Uniloc 2017 v....more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Uniloc v. Facebook: Federal Circuit Rules Against a Finding of Estoppel in Joinder

Earlier this month, in the precedential decision Uniloc 2017 LLC v. Facebook Inc., the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“the CAFC”) upheld the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“the Board”) on the issue of estoppel (or...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

IPR Joinder Estoppel? Federal Circuit Says “It Depends”

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On March 9, 2021, the Federal Circuit affirmed several inter partes review (IPR) decisions of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) related to the estoppel provision 35 U.S.C. § 315(e)(1). Uniloc 2017 LLC v. Facebook Inc....more

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

PTAB Strategies and Insights - December 2020: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board Announced Three New...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board has elevated three panel decisions to precedential this month. RPX Corp. v. Applications in Internet Time, LLC, IPR2015-01750, Paper 128 (Oct. 2, 2020)...more

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

PTAB Strategies and Insights - December 2020

The PTAB Strategies and Insights newsletter provides timely updates and insights into how best to handle proceedings at the USPTO. It is designed to increase return on investment for all stakeholders looking at the entire...more

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PTAB Designates RPI, Follow-On Petition Cases Precedential

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On December 4th, the PTAB designated the following three cases precedential: RPX Corp. v. Applications in Internet Time, LLC, IPR2015-01750, Paper 128 (Oct. 2, 2020) (precedential) - This decision on remand from the...more

Miller Canfield

IP Litigation Quarterly Update: Q3 2020

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In a relatively quiet third quarter of 2020, the Federal Circuit decided issues on joinder, estoppel, claim preclusion, and importantly, upheld the Patent Trial and Appeal Board process finding that cancellation of patent...more

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Joinder Bid After Prior Petition Denial Fails

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After being sued by Uniloc in April 2018 for infringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,467,088 (“Reconfiguration Manager for Controlling Upgrades of Electronic Devices”), Apple challenged claims 1-21 of that patent at the PTAB in...more

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

PTAB Strategies and Insights - October 2020: Joinder Petitioner Has Different § 315(e)(2) Estoppel Than Original Petitioner

In Network-1 Technologies, Inc. v. Hewlett-Packard Company, the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded the district court’s holding that joinder petitioner Hewlett Packard (“HP”) (1) could have tried to raise new grounds in its...more

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

PTAB Strategies and Insights - October 2020

The PTAB Strategies and Insights newsletter provides timely updates and insights into how best to handle proceedings at the USPTO. It is designed to increase return on investment for all stakeholders looking at the entire...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Joinder to the Rescue: Federal Circuit holds that joinder of instituted IPRs does not result in estoppel under § 315(e)

In Network-1 Techs., Inc. v. Hewlett-Packard, No. 18-2338, the Federal Circuit reversed and vacated multiple aspects of the district court’s final judgment holding that Hewlett-Packard (HP) did not infringe U.S. Patent No....more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Still No Same Party Joinder and Joinder of New Issues through 35 U.S.C. § 315(c)

The Federal Circuit reconfirmed its interpretation of the IPR joinder rules of 35 U.S.C. § 315(c) after the panel’s rehearing in Facebook, Inc. v. Windy City Innovations, LLC, No. 2018-1400, 2020 WL 5267975 (Fed. Cir. Sept....more

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

PTAB Strategies and Insights - September 2020: Thryv Does Not Bar Appellate Review of Same Party and New Issue Joinder Under...

In view of the Supreme Court’s Thryv decision, the Federal Circuit recently reissued its original March 2020 decision in Facebook v. Windy City (Windy City I) after granting Facebook’s petition for rehearing and denying...more

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

PTAB Strategies and Insights - September 2020

The PTAB Strategies and Insights newsletter provides timely updates and insights into how best to handle proceedings at the USPTO. It is designed to increase return on investment for all stakeholders looking at the entire...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Full of Hot Air? PTAB Joinder Decisions Under § 315(c) Are Appealable

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Addressing whether it has jurisdiction to review joinder decisions made by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reissued a prior decision explaining that a joinder decision...more

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