In an October 28, 2025 memorandum, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director designated Corning Optical Communications RF, LLC v. PPC Broadband Inc. as precedential, formally restoring the USPTO prior practice... Read more »
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that, effective October 20, 2025 the USPTO Director will determine whether to institute petitions for inter partes review (IPR) and post grant review (PGR),... Read more »
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) withdrew its April 19, 2024, notice of proposed rulemaking and proposed revised modifications to its existing rules governing institution of inter partes review (IPR) proceedings... Read more »
In Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation v. Unified Patents, LLC, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that a patent owner having successfully defended its patent in an inter partes... Read more »
In a precedential decision, the Director of the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) explained the proper application of its two-part framework for discretionary denial of inter partes review (IPR) and remanded... Read more »
In Incyte Corp. v. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed an inter partes review (IPR) petitioner’s appeal of its Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)... Read more »
In Ingenico Inc. v. IOENGINE, LLC, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit resolved a spilt among the district courts concerning the meaning of “ground” in the inter partes review... Read more »
In Qualcomm Inc. v. Apple Inc., the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) erroneous interpretation of 35 U.S.C. § 311(b), holding that... Read more »
In Kroy IP Holdings, LLC v. Groupon, Inc., the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that a prior final written decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)... Read more »
In Apple Inc. v. Gesture Technology Partners, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) could exercise jurisdiction over inter partes review... Read more »