PTAB Archives - Fish & Richardson’s Post-Grant Practice

September 21, 2018 In Uncategorized By James Cosgrove

PTAB Issues Revised Standard Operating Procedures

The PTAB has updated its Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) regarding the paneling of matters before the PTAB (SOP1) and precedential and informative decisions (SOP2). These updates focus on increasing transparency, predictability, and reliability across the USPTO, and are based on feedback from stakeholders, courts, and legislators....

September 14, 2018 In Uncategorized By James Cosgrove

Karl Renner Quoted in Managing Intellectual Property Article “Ruschke Leaves ‘Big Shoes to Fill’ for Next PTAB Chief Judge”

Karl Renner, Principal and Post-Grant Practice Co-Chair, was quoted in Managing Intellectual Property's article “Ruschke Leaves 'Big Shoes to Fill' for Next PTAB Chief Judge" on September 10, 2018. Karl Renner, principal at Fish & Richardson, states: "David's successor is going to have big shoes to fill....

August 17, 2018 In Uncategorized By James Cosgrove

En Banc Federal Circuit: Patentee’s Service of Complaint, Followed by Voluntary Dismissal, Triggers IPR Clock

Yesterday the en banc Federal Circuit held that a patentee’s initial service of a complaint triggers the one-year period for filing of an IPR petition—even if the complaint was voluntarily dismissed without prejudice to refiling. Click-to-Call Technologies, LP v. Ingenio, Inc., __ F.3d __, 2018 WL 3893119 (Fed. Cir....

August 10, 2018 In Uncategorized By James Cosgrove

PTAB Publishes Update to AIA Trial Practice Guide

From the USPTO: The PTAB has published an update to the AIA Trial Practice Guide (TPG) containing additional guidance about trial practice before the Board. The USPTO published the original TPG in August 2012, concurrent with the promulgation of the AIA Trial Rules. The TPG was intended...

August 10, 2018 In Uncategorized By James Cosgrove

Fish & Richardson Ranked Top Firm for Petitioners at the PTAB by Managing Intellectual Property

Fish & Richardson is pleased to announce that we have been ranked as the most active firm for petitioners at the PTAB for the first half of 2018 by Managing Intellectual Property. Between January 1 and June 30, 2018, Fish handled 79 petitions at the...

June 13, 2018 In Uncategorized By James Cosgrove

Fish Obtains First PGR Reversal at Federal Circuit in Altaire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Paragon Bioteck, Inc.

Fish & Richardson has obtained the first appellate reversal of a Post-Grant Review (PGR) proceeding at the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit since the proceedings were first implemented in 2012. Fish’s client, Altaire Pharmaceuticals, appealed a decision of the Patent Trial and...

February 5, 2018 In Uncategorized By Maggie Kilgallon

PTAB Bar Association: 2018 Annual Conference

Thursday, March 22, 11:00 - 11:45am EST Fish Principal and Post-Grant Practice Co-Chair Karl Renner will speak on Patent Owners and Petitioners Weigh In at the PTAB Bar Association’s 2018 Annual Conference, March 22-23, in Washington, DC. Fish is also proud to support their second annual conference, which...

January 11, 2017 In Uncategorized By Aaron Kobilis

Post-Grant for Practitioners: 2016 Year in Review

In 2016, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) was again a forum of choice for challenging patentability of claims. In fact, it currently tops the Eastern District of Texas as the #1 venue for patent disputes in 2016. Fish Principals and Post-Grant Practice Co-Chairs,...

October 26, 2016 In Uncategorized By Aaron Kobilis

Post-Grant for Practitioners: Significant PTAB Decisions in BioPharma

The number of IPR petitions filed against biopharma patents at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board continues to steadily increase. Join us for a discussion on Significant PTAB Decisions in BioPharma on November 9, 2016. Fish's Dorothy Whelan and Tasha Francis provided an update on the...

January 7, 2015 In Uncategorized By Aaron Kobilis

1st-Ever AIA Post-Grant Review Ends In Settlement

Written by Thomas Rozylowicz and Gwilym Attwell. The recent settlement of the Rainbow Loom Post Grant Review proceeding(PGR2014-00008) represents an interesting opportunity to consider whether PGR represents a viable opportunity under limited circumstances. To date, the widespread comfort of the bar with PTAB proceedings has led to...

October 9, 2013 In Uncategorized By Aaron Kobilis

Engineering Pedigree the Key to Fish & Richardson’s Relationship with Perceptive Pixel

Fish & Richardson worked alongside Perceptive Pixel to ensure that their intellectual property strategy was aligned with their fast-growing business, and that their groundbreaking inventions remained protected....

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