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Last month, we provided an overview of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) application of the “settled expectations” doctrine, articulated in recent PTAB director-level decisions. Interim Director Coke Morgan Stewart...more
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: USPTO Director Vidal to Step Down - On November 12, Under Secretary of...more
Zircon Corp. v. International Trade Commission, Appeal No. 2022-1649 (Fed. Cir. May 8, 2024) In its only precedential patent opinion this week, the Federal Circuit made clear that in exclusion proceedings under 19 U.S.C....more
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. Jason D. Eisenberg is a director...more
Precedential Decisions - Penumbra, Inc. v. RapidPulse, Inc., IPR2021-01466, Paper 34 (March 10, 2023) (designated: November 15, 2023) (regarding prior art status under AIA § 102) The Director designated as precedential...more
All three of the challenges that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted in 2022 resulted in a final written decision canceling the challenged patent. Two of the three final written decisions rendered in 2023 are...more
A trio of cases this past year illustrate a trend of increasing importance of the Patent Office’s rulemaking and enforcement. Parus Holdings, Inc. v. Google LLC, 70 F.4th 1365 (Fed. Cir. 2023) The Federal Circuit’s...more
Purdue Pharma L.P. v. Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. (United States Patent and Trademark Office intervening), Appeal No. 2022-1482 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 21, 2023) In the Federal Circuit’s only precedential patent opinion last...more
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
Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions - 1. FINJAN LLC V. SONICWALL, INC [OPINION] (22-1048, 10/13/2023) (Reyna, Bryson, and Cunningham) - Cunningham, J. The Court vacated the district court’s judgment of...more
Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions - BAXALTA INCOPORPORATED v. GENENTECH, INC. [OPINION] (2022-1461, 9/20/2023) (Moore, Clevenger, and Chen) - Moore, C.J. The Court affirmed a district court’s grant of...more
Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions - AXONICS, INC. v. MEDTRONIC, INC. [OPINION] (2022-1532, 2022-1533, 8/7/2023) (Lourie, Dyk, and Taranto) - Dyk, J. The Court vacated and remanded IPR decisions by the PTAB...more
Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions - UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION v. LIQUIDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. [OPINION] (22-2217, 7/24/23) (Lourie, Dyk, and Stoll) - Lourie, J. The Court affirmed the district...more
USPTO News - On July 11, the USPTO Office of the Chief Economist released the 2022 updates to its Trademark Case Files Dataset and Trademark Assignment Dataset....more
Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - MEDTRONIC, INC. v. TELEFLEX INNOVATIONS S.A.R.L. [OPINION] (21-2359, 21-2362, 21-2366, Moore, Lourie, and Dyk) - Moore, Chief J. The Court affirmed a PTAB decision (1) finding...more
This issue begins with a summary of several Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) policy questions the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has raised in an advance notice of proposed rulemaking. Next, we examine two...more
This recurring feature highlights any new PTAB precedential and/or informative decisions, any new substantive Director review decisions, and any new substantive decisions issued by the Precedential Opinion Panel (POP). The...more
The PTAB Strategies and Insights newsletter provides quarterly updates and insights into how best to handle PTAB trial proceedings at the USPTO. It is designed to increase return on investment for all stakeholders looking at...more
Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - SSI TECHNOLOGIES, LLC v. DONGGUAN ZHENGYANG ELECTRONIC MECHANICAL LTD. [OPINION] (2021-2345, 2022-1039, 2/13/2023) (Reyna, Bryson, and Cunningham) - Bryson, J. The Court...more
Expert Testimony Alone Insufficient to Show Examiner's Material Error in Considering Prior Art - In Nespresso USA, Inc. v. K-fee System GmbH, IPR2021-01222, Paper 9, at 25 (PTAB Jan. 18, 2022), the Board denied...more
On March 24, 2022, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit criticized the Precedential Opinion Panel's application of its standard for when it is (and isn't) appropriate for the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to sua...more
In 2018, Hunting Titan, Inc. filed a petition for inter partes review (“IPR”) of U.S. Patent No. 9,581,422 (“the ’422 patent”), which is owned by DynaEnergetics Europe GmbH, a manufacturer of industrial explosives. In...more
When it comes to oil, even the Federal Circuit’s hands are sometimes tied. Last week, the Federal Circuit affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board Precedential Opinion Panel decision for claims related to oil wells, although...more
A weekly summary of the precedential patent-related opinions issued by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the opinions designated precedential or informative by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board....more
Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - BASF PLANT SCIENCE, LP. v. COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC[OPINION] (2020-1415, 2020-1416, 2020-1919, 2020-1920, 3/15/2022) (NEWMAN, TARANTO, and CHEN) - Taranto, J. The Court...more