Tag: inter partes review
Understanding The Questions Asked At The “Bad Patents” Hearing
The recent House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on the Impact of Bad Patents on American Businesses addressed many of the points I made last week. But it also highlighted a few issues where there’...
Comments to the USPTO on AIA Trial Procedures
On July 6, the Computer and Communications Industry Association submitted comments on America Invents Act (AIA) trial procedures in response to the PTO’s ongoing request for such feedback, most rece...
The “Doubtful Validity” Type Of Case
“Death squads.” “Hanging judge[s].” A “reign of terror.” “Patent killing fields.”
Even if we set aside the questionable taste shown in analogizing the review of patents to genocid...
IPR Statistics – Success Is Sector Specific
Yesterday, I published an extensive analysis of Senator Coons’ STRONGER Patents Act. As I said then, the bill would neuter the IPR process, removing any real reason to ever pursue one (assuming yo...
STRONGER Patents, WEAKER Innovation
Yesterday, Senator Coons introduced his STRONGER Patents Act. Senator Coons provided a section-by-section description of the bill, as well as the text of the bill. And after reading it, I have som...
Should Abstract Ideas Be Unpatentable? The Answer Is A Snap
Tuesday, Kaldren LLC sued Snap. (According to RPX, Kaldren is affiliated with IP Edge, a notorious patent troll.) Kaldren sued over a set of expired patents on such wonderful ideas as:
Printing ...
SCOTUS Taking Case On Partial Institution Of IPRs
One of the biggest changes coming out of the 2011 America Invents Act (AIA) was the creation of the inter partes review (IPR) procedure, which allows people to challenge the validity of patents after ...
Patent Owners Don’t All Hate IPRs
Bloomberg BNA and AIPLA just released a nationwide survey of patent attorneys and agents asking about their experiences with inter partes review at the Patent Trial and Appeals Board. Bloomberg BNA an...
Death to All Patents? Really? Why Inter Partes Review Shouldn’t Be Controversial
(cross-posted from IP Watchdog)
I’ll be speaking on November 17, 2015 at IAM’s Patent Law and Policy event. (It looks to be a really interesting day.) My panel has the provocative title, “Death...