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Patent Experts Urge Kanter to Reject Calls to Scrap Avanci Business Review Letter
“The authors of the November 30 letter argue that the October 17 letter ‘perpetuates long-standing misunderstandings by some academics, policy activists, and companies, who ...
Patexia Insight 161: Top CAFC Law Firms of 2022
In late October, we released our second annual CAFC Intelligence Report. The report provided high-level statistics and insights and evaluated the stakeholders participating in the...
"They've Helped Themselves to My Artwork..." Banksy Accuses GUESS
“Attention All Shoplifters…” Another guerrilla marketing strategy or unintentional (intentional) copyright infringement? This fall/winter 2022...
Get to Know This Year's Women Leaders in Tech Law
The Recorder honored the women lawyers handling game-changing, law-shaping, market moving work in and around the tech sector as part of the California Legal Awards on Nov. 3. Meet...
California Police Play Copyrighted Disney Tunes to Avoid YouTube Publishing
Copyright intends to protect the rights of creators, but here is an interesting use that you probably haven't thought about. In recent years, the recording of police...
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In late October, we released our second annual CAFC Intelligence Report. The report provided high-level statistics and insights and evaluated the... Read More »
In early September we released our sixth annual IPR Intelligence Report 2022. The report reviewed IPR activity in the past five years and covered... Read More »
In early September, we published our sixth annual IPR Intelligence report. This popular report covers the IPR landscape by providing high-level... Read More »
Tomorrow we will release our 2022 CAFC Intelligence Report, where we have analyzed all the patent-related CAFC appeals from the USPTO, ITC, or... Read More »
Tomorrow we will be releasing our sixth annual IPR Intelligence report, where we covered the IPR filing activity from July 1, 2017, through June... Read More »
Since she took office on April 13th, USPTO’s director, Kathi Vidal, has made several public appearances, expressing... Read More »
California Institute of Technology v. Broadcom Inc. and Apple Inc.
Before Lourie, Linn, and Dyk (concurring/dissenting). Appeal from the District Court for... Read More »
UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE v. CLEAR-VU LIGHTING LLC
Before Reyna, Clevenger, and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: The Federal... Read More »
On October 5, 2021, the U.S. Federal Circuit reversed a finding of invalidity by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) for patent claims... Read More »
We have analyzed all the patent-related CAFC appeals, originating from the PTAB, ITC or district courts. The analysis covers a 5-year period, from January 1, 2016... Read More »
MOBILITY WORKX, LLC v. UNIFIED PATENTS, LLC
Before Newman, Schall, and Dyk. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Fee-funded structure ... Read More »
Unpacking the Importance of the Claimed Invention from Other Commercial Components
Objective indicia of non-obviousness, such as commercial success and industry... Read More »
Patent litigation remained strong in the second quarter of 2021. District court litigation, in particular, increased 11% in Q2 compared to Q1. Inter-Partes Review... Read More »
As we prepare to publish our first Federal Circuit IIntelligence Report, we plan to dive deep into the Federal Circuit patent cases, their origins, filing activity... Read More »
The first quarter of 2021 just ended but several recent trials in Waco, Texas including the famous VLSI Technology vs. Intel, which resulted in a $2.18B verdict... Read More »
In Re THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Before Prost, Lourie, and Reyna. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: A claim directed to an innovative... Read More »
Inconsistency Across Related Cases is Precluded
When challenging related patents at the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB), it is not uncommon to present... Read More »
Agency Left to Defend Unsettled Legacy
Upon taking the reins at the USPTO, Director Iancu made clear that he believed the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB)... Read More »
SIPCO, LLC v. EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.
Before O’Malley, Reyna, and Chen. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: The Board’s... Read More »
Joinder Estoppel Narrower Than Original Petition Estoppel
Court’s have struggled with the meaning of the “reasonably could have raised” aspect... Read More »
