Analysis of patent litigation, PTAB practice, prosecution and pharma IP, written on the data behind LexDana.
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A closely watched case on sovereign immunity, Reactive Surfaces Ltd., LLP, v. Toyota Motor Corp., IPR2017-00572, has now been terminated by the patent owner’s request for adverse judgment. On July 13, 2017, the PTAB dismissed the Regents of the…
On December 19, 2017, a seven-judge expanded PTAB panel ruled that the University of Minnesota (UM) waived its Eleventh Amendment immunity defense when it filed a patent infringement action in federal district court. Eleventh Amendment immunity had been…
The PTAB issued an order stating that it would grant Patent Owner’s motion to amend claims upon Patent Owner accepting further claim amendments suggested by the judges in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. v. Godo Kaisha IP Bridge 1 ,…
The Tension Between Judicial Independence & Agency Consistency As I have pointed out previously, the Board struggles to issue precedential decisions . This is because the Board (now approaching 300 judges) must reach a “sufficient majority”…
