Intellectual Property Protection, Administrative Law Judge (ALJ), Prior Art

Estoppel Trumps Substance: ITC Bars Respondent’s Invalidity Grounds Raised in IPR

Jones Day on 5/22/2025

Recently, an ITC Administrative Law Judge applied IPR statutory estoppel under 35 U.S.C. § 315(e)(2) in denying a Respondent’s motion for summary determination of invalidity in Certain Audio Players and Components Thereof,...more

PGR Estoppel Continues to be Broad and Onerous

Jones Day on 3/24/2022

An ITC Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) recently issued an initial determination holding that PGR estoppel prevented GMG Products LLC (Respondent) from raising two prior-art products in the ITC....more

ITC 337 Quarterly Insider Q2 2020

Goodwin on 8/26/2020

Goodwin’s 337 Quarterly Insider remains the premiere publicly available source for keeping up to date on all meaningful decisions coming out of the Commission. Please find below Goodwin’s insights on the months of April, May,...more

Federal Circuit Review - December 2019

Knobbe Martens on 1/27/2020

Specification’s Narrow Description of the Invention Results in Disavowal of Claim Scope - In Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd. v. ITC., Appeal No. 18-2191, the consistent description in the specification of a particular...more

ALJ Cites to Ground Rules and Requires Parties to Focus Case Theories

Jones Day on 12/9/2019

In a recently issued order, ALJ McNamara relied on her Ground Rules to require the parties to limit their cases and focus on their best theories. Certain Rotating 3-D Lidar Devices, Components Thereof and Sensing Systems...more

Year in Review: The Most Popular Blog Posts of 2017

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints on 1/4/2018

As 2018 begins and IP strategies are being developed for the new year, it is a good time to reflect on what IP issues were prominent in 2017. According to the many readers of Global IP Matters, hot topics included navigating...more