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Post-Grant Report
January 2020
2019 Post-Grant Report
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) remains the forum of choice for challenging the validity of patent claims. However, it is notable that a comparison of 2019 and 2018 statistics reveals about a 30 percent decline in filings. Under the guidance of its newly appointed chief judge, Scott Boalick, who assumed his new role in March 2019, the PTAB announced a new Pilot Program granting patent owners new options for motions to amend and a second update to the America Invents Act (AIA) Trial Practice Guide (TPG) relating to recent precedential decisions. Incidentally, 2019 also marked the eighth anniversary of the AIA. We saw important decisions from the Supreme Court in Return Mail—barring the federal government from initiating post-grant challenges—and from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Arthrex, challenging the constitutionality of administrative patent judges.
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January 15, 2019
2018 Post-Grant Report
2018 was a watershed year for post-grant practice. The Supreme Court of the United States and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued several important decisions touching on a variety of topics, including the constitutionality of inter partes review (IPR) proceedings under Article III, real party in interest (RPI) and privity issues, partial institution decisions, and printed publications. The Supreme Court of the United States and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued several important decisions touching on a variety of topics, including the constitutionality of inter partes review (IPR) proceedings under Article III, real party in interest (RPI) and privity issues, partial institution decisions, and printed publications. The Supreme Court of the United States and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued several important decisions touching on a variety of topics, including the constitutionality of inter partes review (IPR) proceedings under Article III, real party in interest (RPI) and privity issues, partial institution decisions, and printed publications.
January 8, 2018
2017 Post-Grant Report
2017 was the busiest year at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. The PTAB remains the forum of choice for challenging the validity of patent claims, surpassing the Eastern District of Texas as the #1 venue for patent disputes. 2017 also marked the fifth anniversary of the America Invents Act (AIA) and the first anniversary of the PTAB Bar Association. Fish’s 2017 Post-Grant Report examines significant case law and decisions before the PTAB and Federal Circuit, as well as trends and statistics from the past year. The report also reviews appeals/due process concerns and estoppel, and takes a closer look at the biopharma industry and its use of inter partes review (IPR) in patent disputes.
January 12, 2017
2016 Post-Grant Report
2016 marked the fourth anniversary of the America Invents Act (AIA). The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) was once again the forum of choice for challenging patentability of claims, surpassing the Eastern District of Texas as the #1 venue for patent disputes. 2016 also marked the launch of the PTAB Bar Association, the first national bar association of its kind to form in more than 30 years. The PTAB Bar Association intends to establish best practices for the unique skills required to practice before the PTAB. More than 45 law firms joined to form the association, which will host its inaugural conference in 2017.
January 14, 2016
2015 Post-Grant Report
Since the enactment of the America Invents Act (AIA) in September 2012, post-grant proceedings have become an important part of litigation strategy, and in some instances are helping reduce the time and cost associated with litigation.
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