In Blue Calypso, LLC, v. Groupon, Inc., the Federal Circuit concluded that the Board did not exceed its authority to conduct a CBM review of Blue Calypso’s challenged patents, and that the Board correctly applied the statutory definitions of
New PTAB Rules Take Effect May 2, 2016
The Patent Office has published a final rule with amendments to 37 CFR § 42, et seq., governing IPR, CBM, PGR, and derivation proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. The new rules take effect Monday, May 2,
Federal Circuit rules that PTAB has full discretion to deny request to file motion for supplemental information
A unanimous Federal Circuit panel recently affirmed the PTAB’s decision denying a Petitioner’s request to file a motion to submit an expert report as supplemental information under 37 C.F.R. § 42.123(a). Redline Detection, LLC v. Star Envirotech, Inc., No.
Federal Circuit holds that PTAB is not bound by findings made in Institution Decisions
A unanimous Federal Circuit panel recently affirmed the PTAB’s judgment holding that the Petitioner failed to satisfy its burden of proving that the challenged claims of the patent were obvious. TriVascular v. Samuels, No. 15-1631 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 5
Federal Circuit rules it has no interlocutory jurisdiction on denial of motion to stay until CBM Review is instituted
We have previously written about the emerging trend of district courts not granting motions to stay until IPR or CBM proceedings have been instituted. The Federal Circuit seemed to indirectly support that approach in its recent decision in Intellectual Ventures
An emerging norm: no stay until PTAB grants IPR petition
Defendants have one year from the date of service of a complaint of patent infringement to file a request for inter partes review of the asserted patent. 35 U.S.C. § 315(b). In Trover Group, Inc., et al. v. Dedicated Micros