In a precedential 52-page sua sponte decision, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Katherine Vidal addressed several issues of first impression relating to sanctionable ...
On Friday, the USPTO published an order granting a third-party request for ex parte reexamination of patent rights owned by ...
I would like to thank USPTO Director John Squires for his initiative to stop serial patent challenges at the USPTO....
The Federal Circuit recently held, for the first time, that patent owners bear the burden of proof for an Inter Partes Review (“IPR”) Estoppel affirmative defense that an alleged infringer failed to ...
1. (SBU) Summary. This is the first of two cables to assist Washington, DC agencies in their Section 301 decision making for China. This cable focuses on non- enforcement related IPR issues, including ...
The European Commission has published a summary of responses from the public on the modernisation of intellectual property right (IPR) enforcement.
March 24, 2022 - Patent Trial and Appeal Board post-grant validity challenges — for example, inter partes reviews (IPR) — are frequent components of a patent litigation strategy. However, filing an ...