Tag: inter partes review
You Don’t Need To Build An IPR Off-Ramp—It Already Exists
At the House Judiciary Committee’s IP Subcommittee hearing on sovereign immunity, Chairman Issa had a simple request for Phil Johnson, one of the witnesses—to, for the record, “look at the vario...
A Big Day For The PTO—And A Good Day
On Monday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in two separate cases regarding inter partes review (IPR)—Oil States v. Greene’s Energy and SAS Institute v. Matal. In both Oil States and SAS, the C...
Misleading Stats Lead To Misleading Testimony In Front Of Congress
Yesterday afternoon, the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet held a hearing on “Sovereign Immunity and the Intellectual Property System.” ...
Tribal Immunity May Not Be Wonder Drug For Allergan
This article was originally published on Law360 and is reprinted here.
You’ve probably already heard the story. Allergan PLC owns patents related to relieving dry eyes. These patents allegedly r...
Big Tech vs. Big Pharma: An Article Filled With Big Errors
On Monday, the Financial Times published an article by Rana Foroohar. While there are a lot of flaws in the article, one particularly pernicious myth shows up—the myth that patent trolls aren’t ...
IPR Successes: The Next Five Years
Over the past month, I’ve shown just how successful the inter partes review (IPR) program has been in its first five years. IPR has saved billions of dollars and helped everyone from city governme...
IPR Successes: A Bridge To Sovereign Patent Funds
Patent trolls are a familiar concept at this point, but a “sovereign patent fund” (SPF) might not be. This isn’t the kind of sovereign I wrote about recently in regard to sovereign immunity. �...
IPR Successes: Scan-To-Email Defeated By Scanner Makers
In the pantheon of infamous patent trolls, MPHJ is near the top. MPHJ drew attention for their habit of mailing demand letters to anyone they thought might possibly have infringed their scan-to-emai...
A Balanced Patent System to Protect Innovation
Now more than ever we need a strong patent system which strikes the right balance so that intellectual property rights encourage innovation rather than financial gamesmanship. The need to ...