Court: Patent Trial and Appeal Board (USA)

The race to finality: securing US district court damages amid PTAB validity challenges

When it’s risky that a PTAB proceeding might catch up to wrangling over damages in district court, collaboration between litigators and PTAB counsel is key

03 July 2024

US trade agency backs USPTO rule expanding IPR settlement disclosures

The Federal Trade Commission has welcomed a rule from the patent office that would require companies to disclose settlement agreements earlier in the patent challenge process

20 June 2024

US appeals court to weigh scope of prior art in PTAB cases

Lynk Labs Inc v Samsung Electronics Co questions the interpretation of patent applications as prior art printed publications, and the prior art date to be the application filing date

11 June 2024

Netlist's CEO on the patent that is the poster child of PTAB abuse

Chuck Hong discusses recent verdicts against Micron and Samsung and repeated attacks on his firm’s ‘912 patent in an exclusive IAM interview

06 June 2024

Netlist scores $445M verdict against Micron, but is the patent valid?

The case underscores the problem of US district court juries and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board contradicting each other on questions of patent validity

30 May 2024

Federal Circuit creates patent holder headache in design patent obviousness ruling

Chief IP counsel must brace for the impact as the precedential LKQ Corp ruling might do to design patents what Alice did to utility patents, some practitioners warn

29 May 2024

Docket Navigator and IAM Litigation Report Q1 2024

Featured in Docket Navigator and IAM Litigation Report

In this edition, our team puts the magnifying glass to Docket Navigator data on the Patent Trial and Appeal Board – case filing trends, institution success, IPR outcomes, and party and firm rankings

22 May 2024

Decision discord: when patent claims establishing liability at a trial get invalidated

G+ Communications v Samsung is the latest case where a patent challenger succeeded at the PTAB after a big jury verdict

20 May 2024

USPTO issues rulemaking on PTAB discretionary denials

The patent agency's new notice of proposed rulemaking builds upon public comments from two previous feedback requests and it aims to strengthen patent quality -- balanced with limiting "counterproductive challenges and costs"

18 April 2024

VLSI’s "aggressive" legal strategy against PTAB malfeasance may not work

USPTO Director Vidal did not sanction Patent Quality Assurance and now VLSI’s civil fraud suit seeks $3.2 million in legal fees. But is there any chance of success?

03 April 2024

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