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May 13, 2025

The Hypocrisy of ‘Delete IP’: Billionaire Frustrations Masquerading as Policy

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May 12, 2025

A Path to Antibody Protection

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May 1, 2025

A DMCA Takedown notice is a powerful tool if done correctly.

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April 4, 2025

U.S. Chemical & Life Science Patents Quarterly Newsletter

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April 1, 2025

Do You Have a Patent Infringement Problem?

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January 2, 2025

Navigating Complex Federal Regulations When Protecting Your Cannabis Brands

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April 15, 2015

Live Testimony for Fact Witness Can Be Appropriate at IPR Oral Hearing

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal

April 13, 2015

Toward a Bullet-Proof Petition – Motivation to Combine

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal

April 10, 2015

Which Party Should File Motion to Seal in Inter Partes Review?

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal

April 8, 2015

Pharmaceutical Filings on the Upswing as Power of IPR Becomes More Well-Known

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal

April 6, 2015

Timing Is Everything When It Comes To Interlocutory Appeals of CBMR-Related Motions To Stay

By: Glenn E. Forbis, Principal

April 3, 2015

IPR Incorporation by Reference Argument Not Enough to Save Priority Claim

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal

April 2, 2015

Another IPR Victory for Harness IP – Defeat All Challenged Claims of 3 Patents

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal

April 1, 2015

PTO Previews Changes to Inter Partes Review Practice

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal

March 26, 2015

Board Discusses Difference Between Supplemental Evidence and Information

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal

March 25, 2015

PTAB Rules Lab Notebooks Insufficient to Prove Conception and Reduction to Practice

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal

March 24, 2015

PTAB Rejects Two Attempts by Patent Owners to Antedate Prior Art

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal

March 23, 2015

PTAB Declines to Limit Claim Based on Disclosure of Only One Embodiment

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal

March 12, 2015

Teaching Away Arguments Fail to Gain Traction with PTAB

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal

March 9, 2015

Board Disallows Later IPR Petition Directed at Previously-Challenged Patent

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal

March 6, 2015

Motion to Exclude is Proper Vehicle in IPR to Remove Reference as Evidence

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal

March 5, 2015

Another IPR Petition Comes Up Short for Failing to Adequately Show Rationale to Combine

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal

March 4, 2015

Legislative Update – STRONG Patents Act Takes Aim at IPR and PGR

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal

January 30, 2015

27 Months of Inter Partes Review – By the Numbers

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal

Harness IP Supreme Court IP Litigation

January 22, 2015

Supreme Court Holds Trademark Tacking is a Question, like any Inquiry from the Perspective of an Ordinary Purchaser or Consumer, Should be Decided by the Jury

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

January 22, 2015

Supreme Court Endorses De Novo Review of Claim Construction, But Holds that Subsidiary Facts Underlying Claim Construction are Reviewed for Clear Error

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal