ArticlePatent Reexamination & PTAB Webinars This WeekWebinars This Week on Post-Grant Patent Practice United StatesIntellectual PropertyRopes & Gray LLP
ArticlePTAB Adds Online Interface For POP Related Amicus RequestsTo date, in order to submit an amicus brief in a PTAB case selected for Precedential Opinion Panel (POP) consideration, an interested party would either look to an Order from the Board in a subject case inviting such.United StatesIntellectual PropertyRopes & Gray LLP
ArticlePTAB Clarifies 315(B) Positions With Informative OpinionsThe Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) has designated the following decisions, which involve 35 U.S.C. § 315(b), as informative.United StatesIntellectual PropertyRopes & Gray LLP
ArticlePTAB Places Arthrex Remands On HoldLast Friday, the Chief Judge of the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a general order directed to the growing number of Arthrex remands, now totaling over 100 cases. United StatesIntellectual PropertyRopes & Gray LLP
ArticlePTAB Precedential Panel Takes Up Exception To AIA Time-BarEarlier this year the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial in Sling TV, L.L.C. et al. v. Realtime Adaptive Streaming, LLC, IPR2018-01331, Paper 9 (PTAB January 31, 2019). United StatesIntellectual PropertyRopes & Gray LLP
ArticlePTAB Releases Orange Book StatsJust over half of all final written decisions for petitions challenging Orange Book-listed patents find all claims patentable.United StatesIntellectual PropertyRopes & Gray LLP
ArticlePTAB Seeks Judicial Law ClerksThe PTAB has created and is hiring for a new Judicial Law Clerk Program. The PTAB modeled this program off the judicial law clerk program used in the federal courts.United StatesIntellectual PropertyRopes & Gray LLP
ArticlePTAB Standardizes CAFC Remand PracticesAs discussed last week, a remand to the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) may be a short-lived victory for Patent Owners.United StatesIntellectual PropertyRopes & Gray LLP
ArticlePTAB Switches Out Amendment GuidanceIn view of the decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Aqua Products, Inc. v. Matal, 872 F.3d 1290 (Fed. Cir. 2017), regarding motion to amend practice...United StatesIntellectual PropertyRopes & Gray LLP
ArticlePTAB Trials 2019 Coming In SeptemberLongest Running PTAB Program in NYC 9/11/19United StatesIntellectual PropertyRopes & Gray LLP
ArticleSenate Judiciary Leaders Resurrect Long Dormant IP SubcommitteeLate last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee announced the formation of an Intellectual Property (IP) Subcommittee.United StatesIntellectual PropertyRopes & Gray LLP
ArticleSummer/Fall PTAB CLEA few virtual CLE programs on the horizon, including AIPLA's PTAB Bench & Bar Conference, and the inaugural IPWatchdog Con!United StatesIntellectual PropertyRopes & Gray LLP
VideoThe Need For Seamless Coordination Of District Court & PTAB LitigationThe key to a critical strategy is having a vision for how you are going to win the war, even if you lose individual battles. United StatesIntellectual PropertyRopes & Gray LLP
VideoThe Preparation And Pace Of The PTABThe motions that are filed at the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board all need to be authorized in advance.United StatesIntellectual PropertyRopes & Gray LLP
ArticleKat Gregor Appointed To Law360's Tax Editorial Advisory BoardKat Gregor, tax partner and co-founder of the tax controversy group, was recently appointed to Law360's 2020 Tax Editorial Advisory Board. United StatesLaw Department PerformanceRopes & Gray LLP
ArticleAltera Aftermath: IRS Lifts Moratorium on Examining Stock-Based Compensation Cost-Sharing ArrangementsIn the wake of the IRS' Ninth Circuit victory in Altera Corporation v. Commissioner, 926 F.3d 1061 (9th Circuit 2019), the IRS' Large Business and International (LB&I) Division United StatesTaxRopes & Gray LLP
ArticleFederal Court Holds Microsoft Documents Not Privileged, Falling Within Tax Shelter ExceptionOn January 17, 2020, a federal district court in Washington ordered Microsoft Corporation ("Microsoft") to produce many documents to the Internal Revenue Service.United StatesTaxRopes & Gray LLP
ArticleIRS's New Partnership Campaigns Show The IRS Is Not Waiting For The Partnership Audit Reform To Increase Partners' Tax ComplianceOn March 13, 2018, the IRS announced its first substantive Large Business and International Division ("LB&I") compliance campaigns focused on partnerships and their partners.United StatesTaxRopes & Gray LLP
ArticleIRS Has Begun Examining Stock-Based Compensation Cost-Sharing ArrangementsAfter the Supreme Court declined to review the Ninth Circuit's decision in Altera Corporation v. Commissioner, 926 F.3d 1061 (9th Cir. 2019) (cert denied — S. Ct. — (June 22, 2020))...United StatesTaxRopes & Gray LLP
ArticleNotice 2020-75: The SALT Cap Does Not Apply To Income Tax Payments Made By Partnerships And S Corporations (in Contrast To Actual Payments Made By A Partner Or S Corporation Shareholder)In Notice 2020-75, the Treasury/IRS announced that proposed regulations will be issued to provide certainty that income tax payments made by partnerships and S corporations...United StatesTaxRopes & Gray LLP