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  • The USTR releasing its annual “Special 301” report, Pro-Football filing a petition for Supreme Court cert in the Washington Redskins case, a brief defending the constructed language of Klingon from copyright claims, the ITC terminating two Jawbone patents under section 101, and the House Judiciary Committee chairman discussing potential copyright reforms were in the intellectual property headlines in the past week
  • While granting Tire Hanger’s motion to amend, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board approved “grouping prior art references together according to their particular teachings” and “discussing only a representative few in its motion to amend”. This may provide guidance to other patent owners seeking to amend claims
  • Jennifer Ruther introduces the 2016 IP STARS list of the top 250 women in IP, as compiled by our researchers
  • The role of prior art has become important in many PTAB proceedings. Scott D Marty and Jonathon A Talcott discuss evidentiary challenges for petitioners and patent owners
  • Managing IP reveals the biggest petitioners and most-targeted entities in April and year-to-date at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. HP and Apple had a busy month, while Finjan and Nike were on the receiving end of the most petitions
  • The Federal Circuit has denied TC Heartland’s petition for a writ of mandamus that called for a change in the patent venue rules. The court said the “arguments raised regarding venue have been firmly resolved by VE Holding”
  • The Supreme Court has heard oral arguments in Cuozzo Speed Technologies v Lee, the first Supreme Court case to consider an appeal of a PTAB decision
  • More covered business method petitions are now being denied institution by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board than granted, with the Board seemingly narrowing what qualifies as a CBM patent
  • The Patent Trial and Appeal Board is taking a harder line on institution, while PTAB watchers eagerly await a face-off at the Supreme Court over claim construction and the Federal Circuit increasingly pulls the Board up on procedural issues
  • Figures from Docket Navigator reveal that Apple remained by far the biggest filer of PTAB petitions in 2015 while Innovative Display Technologies was the top patent owner