Category Archives: Expert

PTAB Provides More Guidance on Discovery

On March 5, 2013, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) provided guidance to the bar concerning routine discovery and additional discovery.  (See paper 26 in Garmin v. Cuozzo, IPR2012-00001) This decision set forth five factors which are important in … Continue reading

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Stays Pending Reexamination and Experts Subject to a Prosecution Bar

In Interval Licensing LLC v. eBay, Inc., et. al., 2-10-cv-01385 (WAWD),  Interval Licensing (Interval) filed a motion for reconsideration of an earlier order by the Court to stay the litigation pending reexamination.  On July 12, 2011, Judge Marsha J. Pechman denied the motion. … Continue reading

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