Analysis of patent litigation, PTAB practice, prosecution and pharma IP, written on the data behind LexDana.
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The USPTO released a copy of the “ Remarks ” made by Director Andrei Iancu, that read like a major policy summary regarding challenges to the US patent system. Specific solutions were not suggested, but Iancu identified two areas that need…
Federal Circuit Summary Before Moore, Reyna , and Taranto. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary : A party in an int er partes review proceeding may not present new evidence or arguments at oral argument. The Board instituted inter parte s…
The University of Minnesota (UMinn) and Toyota Motor Corp. (Toyota) co-own U.S. Patent 8,394,618 (the ’618 patent). After Reactive Surfaces Ltd. filed a petition for IPR of the ’618 patent, UMinn and Toyota filed a motion to dismiss the…
Preserving Access to Cost Effective Drugs (PACED) Act Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) along with Senators Pat Toomey (R-Pennsylvania), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), David Perdue (R-Georgia) introduced the Preserving Access…
In Polygroup Lim ited v. Willis Electric Co., Ltd., IPR2016-01613, Paper 118 (Feb. 26, 2018), the PTAB granted the patent owner Willis Electric’s motion to amend a claim directed to lighted artificial trees. This decision follows the Federal…
The PTAB dismissed the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe’s attempt to avoid IPR of patents covering Restasis®, which Allergan transferred to the Tribe in a highly publicized patent deal. See Allergan and the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Enter Patent Agreement…
Federal Circuit Summary Before Newman, Wallach , and Chen. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board Summary : The Federal Circuit upheld the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s claim construction in an inter partes reexamination, where the Board…
Federal Statutes Applicable to Tribes Absent Expression to the Contrary In addition to the state sovereign immunity dispute now headed to the Federal Circuit , you might recall that the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) was also considering the related…
Federal Circuit Summary Before Newman , Bryson, and Moore. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary : Prosecution disclaimer occurred when an applicant explained why claims were amended and the Examiner confirmed the reasons for allowance.…
Two weeks ago, we released the list of Best Performing law firms in IPR . We also identified couple of firms with less than 10 attorneys, which had outperformed AM Law 100 firms. These firms were ranked by Patexia in the top 10 in our 2017 Best Performing…
Last week we released the list of best performing law firms in Inter-Partes Review (IPR) , which created some excitement in IP community and we were asked by our readers about similar performance ranking for IPR attorneys. This week, we are releasing the…
Couple of weeks ago, we reported on the top five firms leading in Inter-Partes Review (IPR) , for a period covering September 2012 (IPR inception) through the end of the second quarter in 2017. This week, we focus on a more important metric: performance.…
