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There are three available types of post-issuance challenges to the validity of a patent: (1) Inter Partes review; (2) Transitional Program for Covered Business Method Patents; and (3) Post-Grant Review. [...]

Inter partes review ('IPR') and covered business method review ('CBM') became options for challenging issued patents under the America Invents Act on September 16, 2012. These proceedings are turning out [...]

On September 16, 2012, post-grant proceedings became available as means to challenge patent validity pursuant to the America Invents Act. The post-grant proceedings take place before the Patent Trial and [...]

In an inter partes review ('IPR') proceeding, a petitioner challenging a patent and the patent owner often reach settlement before a final decision has been reached. Out of the 117 [...]

Numerous articles and practitioners are touting inter partes review (IPR) proceedings, and for good reason. Here is a quick breakdown of why these proceedings are considered pro-petitioner and why every [...]

On April 15, 2014, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ('PTAB') hosted the first in a series of eight scheduled roundtable discussions intended to share information about the new America [...]

Post-grant proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) became available as means to challenge a patent under the America Invents Act on September 16, 2012. They include inter [...]

Edited by Martin L. Saad, Meaghan Hemmings Kent and Elissa Brockbank Reese IP LEGAL NEWS AND UPDATES Software Patents Put to the Test - a Bad Sign for Trolls? Jeff [...]

Edited by Martin L. Saad, Meaghan Hemmings Kent and Elissa Brockbank Reese IP LEGAL NEWS AND UPDATES A Major Change in Patent Term Adjustment Calculus: How 'A Valuable Tool in [...]

Edited by Meaghan Hemmings Kent, Clifton E. McCann and Elissa Brockbank Reese IP LEGAL NEWS AND UPDATES Fourth Circuit Revives Rosetta Stone's Claims Against Google Over its AdWords Program Jacqueline [...]