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PTAB petitions in January lowest since March 2014

PTAB Data and Analysis: the IPR count ticked past the 4,000 mark in January, which also saw the first challenge to an Apple patent, the USPTO deeming two decisions precedential, a case showing the dangers of a motion to amend, and an ironic Federal Circuit ruling on an IPR appeal

February 03 2016

Samsung v Apple at the US Supreme Court – the issues to watch

The US Supreme Court will rule on damages in design patent cases in Samsung v Apple. The debate is now set to rage at the high court over whether law developed in the 19th Century to protect items such as rugs and spoons is still suitable in the smartphone era

March 22 2016

Report reveals top reasons for resolution of PTAB proceedings

A Patent Trial and Appeal Board report from Lex Machina analyses the most common trial resolutions and the busiest administrative patent judges

January 22 2016

PTAB could affect VirnetX’s $626m award in win over Apple

A jury in the Eastern District of Texas has awarded VirnetX $626m after finding Apple had infringed four patents. The PTAB instituted inter partes reviews on the patents last October, however, the results of which could affect the district court case

February 04 2016

Marvell to pay CMU $750m to settle patent lawsuit

Court-ordered mediation ends in $750m agreement to settle the seven-year-long patent infringement lawsuit between Marvell Technology Group and Carnegie Mellon University

February 17 2016

Fordham IP Conference 2016 - day 1 live!

Managing IP brings updates from this year's Fordham IP Conference in New York. Refresh the page for the latest reports

March 31 2016

The issues to watch in Cuozzo at the US Supreme Court

The Supreme Court in Cuozzo could scrap the PTAB’s use of the broadest reasonable interpretation in IPRs. But its ruling on the less-publicised question of whether institution decisions are unreviewable could have a bigger effect. In the meantime, petitioners and patent owners will have to adjust their PTAB strategies to guard against uncertainty

January 21 2016

ITC patent reform bill introduced in House targeting trolls

A bill targeting patent trolls at the ITC has been introduced in Congress against a backdrop of fewer investigations in the past four years. But speakers at a recent Managing IP forum said ITC filing could pick up again

April 04 2016

Analysing the Federal Circuit’s Nike opinion on amending claims in IPRs

The Federal Circuit provided guidance on motions to amend in inter partes review proceedings in its recent Nike v Adidas decision. PTAB observers are hopeful it is a sign the court will be harder on the Board’s resistance to substitute claims

February 24 2016

US patent grants fall for first time since 2007

IBM remained the top US patent recipient in 2015, but it was the first year since 2007 in which overall patent activity fell, according to analysis released by IFI Claims Patent Services. IFI also identified an increasing trend of companies choosing to spread their portfolios across multiple entities

January 13 2016

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