Tag: inter partes review
Step 1: Destroy IPR. Step 2: ??? Step 3: Profit.
Last week, the USPTO issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) containing major changes to the institution process for inter partes review. Combined with other changes made by the USPTO, inc...
Capable of Repetition, But Avoiding Review—USPTO New Regulation Not Reviewed By OIRA
The USPTO has put out a new NPRM, attempting to lock in place rules that were created without going through rulemaking in the prior Trump administration. While I have a lot to say about the substance...
John Squires Confirmed as USPTO Director, With Serious Work Ahead
Last Thursday, the Senate confirmed John Squires as Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), advancing him alongside a slate of 47 other Trump Administration nominees in a single vote...
Not Just Tech: Battling Patent Trolls in the Healthcare Industry
Critics of efforts to mitigate patent troll abuse often make claims that patent troll concerns are overblown, or that the whole concept is a tech industry fabrication. But recent reporting from Bloomb...
Samsung and Google Join Growing Chorus Challenging USPTO’s Unlawful PTAB Changes
The list of companies challenging the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) new discretionary denial regime just keeps getting longer. On August 18th, Samsung and Google filed a joint writ of m...
PTO Moves to Limit Use of General Knowledge in IPRs
On July 31, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) issued a memorandum that, while framed as a clarification of existing rules, carries significant implications for inter partes review (IPR) proce...
Don’t Get it Twisted: New Discretionary Denials Process Hurts American Inventors
Following March’s announcement of a new interim, bifurcated review process for America Invents Act (AIA) petitions, the USPTO Acting Director has given herself largely unchecked authority to discret...
No, IPRs and PGRs Aren’t Interchangeable
In his recent responses to Questions for the Record (QFRs) following his Senate confirmation hearing, USPTO Director-nominee John Squires reaffirmed the value of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTA...
The USPTO Acting Director Uses “Settled Expectations” to Violate the Rule of Law
The America Invents Act (AIA) created a system of “inter partes review” (IPR), which was intended to make it easier for alleged patent infringers to challenge the validity of patents they’re acc...