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The Court granted Plaintiff Intellectual Ventures I LLC’s motion in limine seeking to preclude argument and evidence disparaging IV’s business model and practices.

A recent United States Supreme Court decision is likely to affect the way that parties approach trademark opposition proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB).

In Nike, Inc. v. Adidas AG, the Federal Circuit held that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("PTAB") may sua sponte raise a new ground of unpatentability for substitute...

Welcome to the Last Month at the Federal Circuit–a look at recent Federal Circuit decisions impacting the intellectual property community.

Welcome to the Last Month at the Federal Circuit—a look at recent decisions from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit impacting the intellectual property community

In this podcast, Finnegan partners Beth Ferrill and Trenton Ward offer insight into the recently decided case Sirona Dental Systems v. Institut Straumann AG ...

Welcome to the Last Month at the Federal Circuit—a look at recent Federal Circuit decisions impacting the intellectual property community.

Earlier this week I discussed the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe's discovery request directed to the Board's internal practices, personnel policies, and communications; yesterday, the Board responded.

The PTAB Bar Association is an organization dedicated to preserving and promoting the professional and ethical standards among those who appear before the PTAB.

The USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued it first institution decisions on IPR petitions filed by Kyle Bass and his Coalition for Affordable Drugs, denying institution of his challenges to two Orange-book listed patents for Ampyra.

The PTAB has introduced a new page where case-dispositive rulings are posted on a daily basis.

The USPTO is soliciting comments on the proposed rule package until October 19, 2015.

When the America Invents Act legislation was first proposed, many thought its broad estoppel provisions might be a deterrent for parties considering post-grant proceedings.

In doing so, the Federal Circuit explained that the PTAB properly considered evidence submitted by Twitter in its reply brief that was not previously submitted in Twitter's IPR petitions.

The Federal Circuit summarily affirmed a district court's invalidation of a wearable heart-rate monitor patent under Section 101, finding the claims directed to abstract mental processes of gathering information and performing calculations. Despite arguments about evidentiary support, the appellate court upheld the determination that the patent's unconventional ordering of steps failed to supply the inventive concept necessary for patent eligibility.

Welcome to the Last Month at the Federal Circuit, a look at recent Federal Circuit decisions impacting the intellectual property community.

The Coleman Company, Inc. appealed a stipulated judgment from the Central District of California, which found noninfringement of Coleman's design patent directed towards "the ornamental design for a personal flotation device."

The Federal Circuit vacated a preliminary injunction in a patent infringement case involving electrical outlet cover products, finding that the district court made critical errors in its claim construction analysis. The appellate court determined that the lower court improperly imposed unsupported limitations on key patent terms and incorrectly applied a presumption of irreparable harm.