Jun 29

District Court & PTAB Happenings – June 2018

PTAB Allows Supplementation of Record with Evidence of Public Availability of Prior Art Reference  by Melissa R. Gibson, Rachel J. Elsby & Rubén H. Muñoz, Akin Gump The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) granted Petitioners RPX Corporation and Advanced Micro Device, Inc.’s unopposed motion to submit supplemental information pursuant... read more →
Jun 29

Internet Sightings – June 2018

This column highlights some of the more notable recent online notices, newsletters, and blogs dealing with IP prosecution issues.   IPWatchdog – a patents and patent law blog – IPwatchdog.com * On May 30, 2018, Jeff O’Neill discussed patent examiner statistics used by some patent practitioners to improve prosecution strategy.... read more →
Jun 04
Jun 04

District Court & PTAB Happenings – May 2018

Competing Policy Interests Cause PTAB to Deny Request to Vacate Final Written Decision in View of Settlement by Jenna Marie Pellecchia, Rachel J. Elsby & Rubén H. Muñoz, Akin Gump On April 12, 2018, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) denied a patent owner’s request to vacate a final... read more →
Jun 04

Internet Sightings – May 2018

This column highlights some of the more notable recent online notices, newsletters, and blogs dealing with IP prosecution issues.   IPWatchdog – a patents and patent law blog – IPwatchdog.com * On April 30, 2018, Joseph Robinson and Robert Schaffer discussed James v. j2 Cloud Services, LLC, No. 2017-1506, 2018... read more →
May 01

Federal Circuit Summaries – April 2018

Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB’s Claim Construction That Is in Accord With Prior Federal Circuit Construction In Knowles Electronics LLC v. Cirrus Logic, Inc., Appeal No. 2016-2010, the Federal Circuit upheld the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s claim construction in an inter partes reexamination, where the Board applied the broadest reasonable... read more →
May 01

District Court & PTAB Happenings – April 2018

Northern District of California Enforces Forum Selection Clause in License Agreement and Orders Licensee to Withdraw IPR Petitions  by Ryan Stronczer, Matthew George Hartman & Rubén H. Muñoz, Akin Gump On March 23, 2018, a district court judge issued a preliminary injunction requiring the defendants to withdraw their petitions for... read more →
May 01

Internet Sightings – April 2018

This column highlights some of the more notable recent online notices, newsletters, and blogs dealing with IP prosecution issues. IPWatchdog – a patents and patent law blog – IPwatchdog.com * In a post on March 26, 2018, Joseph Robinson and Robert Schaffer discussed the Federal Circuit’s reversal of a PTAB... read more →
Mar 30
Mar 30

District Court & PTAB Happenings – March 2018

W.D. Tex. Court Finds Kimble Inapplicable to Royalties Based on a Foreign Patent; Enforces License by Andrew Ford Schwerin, Akin Gump In a dispute over a worldwide license agreement for elliptical machines, the court found enforceable a provision that required royalty payments after the expiration of U.S. patents, but before... read more →