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5 Federal Circuit Patent Cases You Need To Know

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

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January 14, 2014

Incorporation by Reference Not Allowed in Inter Partes Review

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal

January 10, 2014

IPR Petition Must Be Filed Within One Year of First Infringement Complaint Filed by Patent Owner

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal

January 8, 2014

Inherency Argument Comes Up Short in Inter Partes Review Petition

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal

January 8, 2014

Preliminary Response that Addresses the Merits of Petition Again Fails in Grant of IPR Trials

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal

January 7, 2014

Communications Between Experts not “Routine” Discovery in Inter Partes Review Proceedings

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal

December 23, 2013

6 Reasons Inter Partes Review Was Popular in 2013

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal

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December 23, 2013

BioPharma Patents Quick Tips and News – November/December 2013

By: Leanne M. Rakers, Principal

December 12, 2013

Hindsight and Teaching Away Arguments Fall Short in Decision to Initiate IPR Trial

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal

December 11, 2013

Board Adopts Claim Construction that is Even Broader than that Proposed by Petitioner

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal

December 10, 2013

Board Agrees that Petition Failed to Set Forth Relevant Claim Construction, But Finds Error Harmless

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal

December 9, 2013

Attorney Argument in Preliminary Response Continues to be Trumped by Expert Evidence from Petition

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal

December 3, 2013

Burden is on Petitioner to Prove Priority Date of Patent Challenged in Inter Partes Review

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal

November 23, 2013

Dismissal of District Court Case, Without Prejudice, Removes Time Bar of 35 USC § 315(b)

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal

November 22, 2013

Board Gives No Weight to Previous Examiner and District Court Decisions that Prior Art Was Antedated

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal

November 21, 2013

Rehearing? PTAB Mostly Says “We Heard You Well Enough the First Time…” – Part II

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal

November 20, 2013

Rehearing? PTAB Mostly Says “We Heard You Well Enough the First Time…” – Part I

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal

November 19, 2013

PTAB Claim Construction Ruling Wipes out Half of Challenged Grounds, But Trial Still Initiated

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal

November 18, 2013

Copyright Notice without Day and Month Insufficient to Establish Reference as Prior Art

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal

November 15, 2013

To Be a Real Party-In-Interest, One Must Control Actions of a Party to an Inter Partes Review

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal

November 14, 2013

Board Eschews Federal Circuit Claim Construction in Granting IPR Trial Requested by Google

By: Matthew L. Cutler, Principal