Partner Philip L. Hirschhorn will serve as moderator for an upcoming webinar hosted by the Federal Circuit Bar Association’s PTAB/TTAB Committee. The program, titled “Changes at the PTAB from Settled Expectations to Real Parties in Interest to Director Involvement,” is…
Coke Stewart, the Acting Director of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) recently issued an eye-raising decision in several inter partes reviews (IPRs) between iRhythm Technologies, Inc. and Welch Allyn, Inc. (IPR2025-00363, -00374, -00376, -00377, and -00378). She used…
A decision from the Federal Circuit published March 12, 2021 upheld a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) order denying institution of an inter partes review (IPR) because a district court case not involving the petitioner was imminently headed to…
Proposed rule changes by the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) published on May 27, 2020 may finally help improve patent owners’ odds of avoiding inter partes reviews (IPRs). When IPRs were first enacted back in 2012, patent owners…
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