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Coming USPTO Patent Rule Packages & Initiatives 27 Aug 2013 | 04:15 pm
Congress & USPTO Prepare for Busy Fall Season As Congress turns back to patent reform efforts in the Fall there will also be a fair amount of activity at the USPTO. The ”executive actions” released b...
Post Grant Buzz – Summer 20 Aug 2013 | 04:15 pm
PTAB Braces For Increased AIA Hearings & Reexamination Surge As we head to the end of the summer months, many of the first patentability trials of the AIA are maturing for decision. Going forward, th...
Patentee Tactic for Looming PTAB Patent Challenges 15 Aug 2013 | 04:15 pm
Preemptive Filing May Provide More Patentee Flexibilty in Amending Prior to the AIA, some patentees would preemptively challenge their own patents in an ex parte reexamination proceeding in the hopes...
Fall Season Brings Conclusion to First IPRs 13 Aug 2013 | 04:15 pm
PTAB to Broadcast First IPR Hearing With IPR proceedings limited, by statute, to a 12 month duration, many of the first IPRs pursued last fall will be concluding shortly. The first, IPR2012-00001 (Ga...
NPE Attempts to Exact License by Threat of IPR 8 Aug 2013 | 04:15 pm
NPE Files Unsuccessful IPR Against Target Over the years I have seen a handful of non-practicing entities (NPEs) pursue post grant challenges against the patents of their opponent. This “turning of t...
Which Patent Reform Initiative Will Be Taken Up in September? 6 Aug 2013 | 04:15 pm
Congress Winds Down to August Recess It is highly likely that a new patent reform bill will be passed into law this fall given the intense congressional interest in the topic. Over the past few weeks...
State Consumer Protection Laws Unleashed on Patent Trolls 1 Aug 2013 | 04:15 pm
Trolls Face Expensive Legal Battle To Prove Inapplicability of State Laws When a patent troll asserts a patent claim of questionable merit against a defendant, the defendant is faced with two option...
Abusive Patent Litigation Practices Already More Difficult? 29 Jul 2013 | 04:11 pm
Congress Tinkers with Further Patent Reforms It seems Congress has chosen to ignore the significant impact the America Invents Act (AIA) has had on pure patent enforcement entities. There is simply n...
PTAB Quickly Becomes Busiest Patent Court in U.S. 25 Jul 2013 | 04:10 pm
AIA Alternatives to Patent Litigation Prove Wildly Popular It’s hard to believe that it has only been 10 months since September 16, 2012. On that date, the new patent challenge proceedings of the Ame...
Public Policy vs. PTAB Post Grant Settlements 23 Jul 2013 | 04:10 pm
USPTO Faces Public Policy Dilemma The Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) has the power to terminate an Inter Partes Review (IPR), Post Grant Review (PGR), or Transitional Proceeding for Covered Busin...
