PTAB Denies Challenged Grounds as Redundant in View of Grounds in Different...
The Board has a well-established reputation for denying grounds in a petition that are deemed redundant to other instituted grounds. In view of that reputation, Petitioners are adapting, seeking to...
View ArticleDon’t Count on Avoiding a Redundancy Finding by Filing Multiple IPR Petitions
From the very outset of inter partes review proceedings, the Board has helped to manage its docket by rejecting challenge grounds in petitions that are redundant to other grounds in the petition. See...
View ArticleFederal Circuit Clarity on Key IPR Issues May Be on the Way
We are entering an interesting phase in the development of inter partes review proceedings as more and more of the contours of these proceedings are being heard by the Federal Circuit. To date, the...
View ArticleFederal Circuit Reaffirms Non-reviewability of PTAB’s Institution Decisions
The Federal Circuit reiterated this week, in Harmonic Inc. v. Avid Technology, Inc. (2015-1072), that it does not have jurisdiction to review the PTAB’s institution decisions, including decisions to...
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