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PTAB revises procedures for Federal Circuit remands

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has revised the “Standard Operating Procedure 9 (SOP9)” for cases remanded from the Federal Circuit, including requiring panels to meet with the PTAB chief, deputy chief or a delegate to discuss remanded cases

November 17 2017

Federal Circuit says TC Heartland changed the law

The Federal Circuit has granted Micron’s mandamus petition stating: “We conclude that TC Heartland changed the controlling law in the relevant sense: at the time of the initial motion to dismiss, before the Court decided TC Heartland, the venue defense … based on TC Heartland’s interpretation of the venue statute was not ‘available’”

November 16 2017

USPTO to increase fees, including 72% IPR request fee change

The USPTO has released a final rule detailing fee increases to go into effect in January. The combined cost of an inter partes review request and institution at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board will go up to $30,500

November 16 2017

Apple, ITC, Bob Goodlatte, Fish IP, Fish & Richardson, Blackberry, PTAB – the week in IP

Recent US intellectual property news included the ITC initiating an investigation into alleged patent infringement by Apple, Representative Goodlatte announcing he will not seek reelection, the end of a trade mark dispute between Fish IP and Fish & Richardson, Blackberry announcing a licensing deal with Teletry, and an analysis of the percentage of PTAB cases tied to district court litigation

November 15 2017

Analysing the assessment of novelty post-Actavis

The Patent Court recently issued the first application of the UK Supreme Court’s Actavis v Eli Lilly ruling. Arnold J considered the impact on novelty of the doctrine of equivalents

November 15 2017

District court stays pending IPR/CBM/PGR: a review of the past 12 months

Overall success rates of motions to stay district court litigation pending review at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board have dropped noticeably in the past fiscal year. Christopher Hanewicz and Truscenialyn Brooks of Perkins Coie analyse recent stay statistics

November 15 2017

IP trends to watch in China’s Belt and Road Initiative

China’s ambitious initiative will likely lead to it being a hub for securing IP protection for businesses investing in Belt and Road Initiative projects. It will also affect enforcement strategies, with IP disputes expected to increase along the BRI route

Karry Lai, November 14 2017

Validation of European patents in Tunisia

Managing IP Correspondent, November 10 2017

Qualcomm, PTAB, Allergan, Samsung, Apple, Google, USTR, USPTO – the week in IP

Recent US intellectual property news included Broadcom’s takeover bid for Qualcomm, the PTAB’s request for briefing over Allergan’s Native American tribe deal, the Supreme Court’s denial of Samsung’s appeal of a $120m damages award to Apple, a US district court’s ruling that Google does not have to obey a Canadian court order requiring it to take down information around the world, a trade group letter asking the USTR to prioritise trade secrets, and the USPTO’s two-year diversion pilot programme

November 08 2017

PTAB round-up: steady filing; Aqua Products fall-out; precedential and informative decisions; and more

October at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board saw a levelling out of petition filing, the first ever extension of the final written decision deadline for good cause, and one precedential and three informative PTAB decisions

November 08 2017

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