The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) properly instituted an inter partes re-examination even though the requester had asked it to deny ...
Addressing the pre-AIA estoppel provision of 35 USC § 317(b), the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision not to terminate all pending ...
There’s no rest for Magma Design Automation’s legal team this holiday season. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based EDA tool provider Wednesday filed a second request with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ...
Over the last few years, re-examination proceedings have increasingly been favored as a tactic for responding to threats of patent infringement litigation. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office takes ...
Imagine receiving a letter from a company offering to let you license a patent covering a computer-related business method for $50,000. Should you pay it? What if the company claims that its patent ...