Key Takeaways From The First Updates To The AIA Trial Practice Guide

An article by David Cavanaugh and Monica Grewal, co-chairs of WilmerHale's Post-Grant Proceedings Patent Group, and Counsel Natalie Pous, published in the Boston Patent Law Association (BPLA) Newsletter, Fall 2018.

Excerpt: On August 13, the Patent Trials and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) published updates to the AIA Trial Practice Guide (the TPG Update). The TPG Update is a supplement to the original Trial Practice Guide (TPG), which the PTAB first published in 2012 along with the promulgation of Trial Rules for AIA proceedings. The TPG is "intended to encourage consistency of procedures among panels of the PTAB." Read the full article.

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