Tag: inter partes review
Proposed Multiple Petition Reforms Far Exceed the Problem’s Scope
When the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) related to America Invents Act trial proceedings in April, the agency noted that it is “c...
USPTO Should Conduct Expedited Reviews for Discretionarily Denied PTAB Petitions
The USPTO's invalidation of both patents involved in the ongoing legal battle between Intel and VLSI is the most recent development in a long and contentious debate among those who watch Patent Trial ...
New Patent Office Proposals Will Backfire on Small Businesses
When my business was sued for patent infringement, I was caught off guard. In my case, we happened to be the target of a baseless lawsuit from a larger competitor, but for many businesses in a similar...
ANPRM’s Ex Parte Reexamination Proposals are Deeply Flawed
The U.S Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) has spurred a range of commentary and criticism—mostly the latter—from current and former members of C...
USPTO’s ANPRM Has Major Problems
Throughout my 26 years in Congress, including three terms as Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, there was a clear need to strengthen our patent system in order to protect the rights of innovat...
USPTO Invalidates VLSI Patent—So Why Didn’t They Review It The First Time?
Earlier today, the USPTO issued its final written decision in IPR2021-01064. The final written decision found that all challenged claims in VLSI's patent were in fact invalid.
So what makes t...
New Report Reaffirms Danger Patent Trolls Pose to Manufacturers, Small Businesses
People whose business models are threatened by strong post-grant review and improved patent quality continue to assert that non-practicing entities (NPEs) and the patent troll narrative is a myth or a...
An Up and Down Year at the USPTO
By: Sam Baird, Director of Analytics at Unified Patents
From the confirmation of Kathi Vidal as Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to the Western District of Texas’...
Darrell Issa is Well-Positioned to Address Key Patent Policy Issues
In the early days of the 118th Congress, Rep. Darrell Issa, the newly-named Chairman of the House Intellectual Property Subcommittee, has an opportunity to make progress on a range of issues that are ...