Tag: PTAB
Starting Off 2018 With More Sovereign Immunity
2018 started off with a sovereign immunity bang, with the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe filing a motion that implicitly suggests that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) would only rule against them d...
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 ...
It’s The End Of The Podcast Patent And We Know It
In eagerly awaited news, the Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB) determination that Personal Audio’s U.S. Pat. No. 8,112,504 is invalid based on an inter partes review...
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...
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...
An Article About the PTAB You Must Read
I've written about [define term="inter partes review"] a number of times (e.g., here, here, and here) because it's an incredibly useful tool for dealing with bad patents. Now, Scott Graham and Lisa Sh...