In Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. v. 5th Market, Inc., the PTAB issued a Final Written Decision finding the challenged claims unpatentable as obvious over two references. CBM2014-00114, Paper 35 (Aug. 18, 2015). In doing so, the Board provided
In Agila Specialties Inc. v. Cephalon, Inc., the PTAB provided guidance on seeking the disqualification of an expert. Although the Board authorized the Patent Owner to file a Motion to Disqualify the Petitioner’s expert on the basis of an
Much discussion has followed the PTAB’s June 11, 2013 opinion in Idle Free Systems, Inc. v. Bergstrom, Inc., IPR2012-00027, Paper 26. The main controversy has been the language included in the opinion stating that in motions to amend,