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Category Archives: covered business methods
Patent Due Diligence and Evaluation After the AIA
Many factors must be considered for due diligence and valuation of a patent portfolio. The patent owner’s desire to have broad claims that capture a large number of infringements must be tempered against its need for claims that will not … Continue reading
Posted in America Invents Act, claim challenges, covered business methods, inter partes review, Litigation, Patent Portfolio Management, Patent Reform, Post Grant Review, Prosecution Guidelines, PTAB, PTAB Patent Trials
Tagged AIA, America Invents Act, Bianchi, CBM, IPR, patent due diligence, patent guidelines, Patent Infringement, patent litigation, patent prosecution, patent trial and appeal board, Patent Validity, PGR, post-grant proceedings, prior art, prior art search, prosecution guidelines, PTAB, Timothy Bianchi
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4 Tips to Make Your Patent Portfolio AIA-Ready
The America Invents Act (AIA) has changed the way that patents are enforced. In traditional patent litigation, a patent was drafted to perform in district court. After the AIA, when patents are asserted, they are first challenged in administrative proceedings … Continue reading
Posted in America Invents Act, claim challenges, covered business methods, inter partes review, Litigation, Post Grant Review, PTAB, PTAB Patent Trials
Tagged AIA, America Invents Act, Bianchi, CBM, covered business method patent review, inter partes review, IPR, litigation, patent litigation, patent portfolio, patent prosecution, patent reexamination, Patent Stay, PGR, post-grant review, prosecution guidelines, PTAB, reexamination
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PTAB Relies on the Federal Circuit’s Recent § 101 Decision to Deny CBM Institution
On May 12, 2016, the Federal Circuit issued a decision on 101 patent eligibility that overturned a summary judgment finding of § 101 invalidity for software used for databases. Enfish, LLC v. Microsoft Corp., No. 2015-1244, 2016 WL 2756266 (Fed. Cir. … Continue reading
Posted in claim challenges, covered business methods, Federal Circuit, patent-eligible subject matter, Post Grant Review, PTAB, PTAB Patent Trials
Tagged Bianchi, Board, CBM, CBMR, covered business method, denial of institution, enfish v. microsoft, federal circuit, patent eligibility, patent trial and appeal board, PTAB, section 101, summary judgment, Tim Bianchi
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Federal Circuit Employs Phillips Claim Construction to Measure Claims Amended in Reexamination for Possible Intervening Rights
When patent owners sue an accused infringer for patent infringement, one way for the accused infringer to avoid liability is to show noninfringement of the patent claims. But if the claims are extremely broad, the accused infringer may find it difficult … Continue reading
Posted in Broadest Reasonable Interpretation, claim challenges, Claim Construction, clear and convincing evidence, covered business methods, Damages, Ex Parte Prosecution, Federal Circuit, inter partes review, intervening rights, Litigation, past damages, Phillips claim construction, Post Grant Review, preponderance of evidence, prior art, reexamination generally
Tagged Bianchi, BRI, broadest reasonable interpretation, burden of proof, CBM, covered business method review, federal circuit, inter partes review, intervening rights, IPR, past damages, PGR, Phillips construction, post-grant proceedings, post-grant review, reexamination, substantive amendment, Tim Bianchi
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Board Guidance on its View of Petitioner Estoppel: Westlake Services v. Credit Acceptance Corp:
July 21, 2015 Last week, the Board provided an opinion to offer guidance on its view of the scope of petitioner estoppel. The Westlake Services v. Credit Acceptance Corp. decision relates to the scope of estoppel to a Petitioner following a final written decision from … Continue reading
Posted in America Invents Act, covered business methods, estoppel, Post Grant Review, raised or reasonably could have raised, Termination of Post-Grant Proceedings
Tagged Bianchi, CBM, covered business method, estoppel, IPR, patent litigation, patent trial and appeal board, PTAB, Tim Bianchi
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U.S. Bancorp CBM Results in Cancellation of Retirement Capital Access Management Co.’s Patent Claims
In 2011, U.S. Patent 6,625,582, entitled Method And System For Converting A Designated Portion of Future Social Security And Other Retirement Payments To Current Benefits, was assigned to Retirement Capital Access Management Company LLC. Benefit Funding Systems LLC asserted the ‘582 patent … Continue reading
Lex Machina’s 2013 Patent Litigation Report Shows Disparity Between Litigated Patents and those under PTAB Review
Litigation and post-grant proceedings often go hand-in-hand. A new litigation report published by Lex Machina summarizes patent litigation data for 2013 and prior years. It is an interesting report and very easy to digest. Two findings caught my eye. The first one … Continue reading
Posted in America Invents Act, covered business methods, Future of PTAB Trial Practice, inter partes review, Joinder Post AIA, Litigation, Patent Reform, Post Grant Review, PTAB, PTAB Patent Trials
Tagged Bianchi, CBM, covered business method, inter partes review, IPR, issued patent, litigation, patent litigation, patent reform, patent trial and appeal board, Post Grant Review, PTAB, Tim Bianchi
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See You at the AIPLA 2014 Spring Meeting!
I am presenting at the AIPLA Spring Meeting on May 15, 2014 in Philadelphia and hope to see you there. My task is to provide strategies for filing inter partes reviews, covered business method reviews and post-grant reviews. I hope … Continue reading
Eastern District of Texas Denies SAP’s Motion to Vacate the Judgment in the Versata Patent Infringement Case
SAP recently learned that the Eastern District of Texas denied its motion to set aside or stay a district court judgment in favor of Versata for infringement of its U.S. Pat. 6,553,350 (Versata Software, Inc v. SAP America, Inc., No. 2:07-cv-00153 … Continue reading
Posted in America Invents Act, claim challenges, covered business methods, Federal Circuit, patent-eligible subject matter, PTAB, PTAB Patent Trials, PTO Sued Under the APA, Stay in Federal Circuit, Uncategorized
Tagged appeal, Bianchi, CBM, covered business method, federal circuit, litigation, patent trial and appeal board, PTAB, Supreme Court, Tim Bianchi
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Join Me in San Francisco for PLI’s Post-Grant CLE Program on April 28
I will be presenting at PLI’s “USPTO Post-Grant Patent Trials 2014” CLE Program on April 28th with a number of other post-grant practitioners. Please join us there or attend via webinar! — Timothy Bianchi
Posted in America Invents Act, covered business methods, inter partes review, Patent Reform, Post Grant Review, PTAB, PTAB Patent Trials
Tagged Bianchi, CBM, covered business method, inter partes review, IPR, patent claims, patent litigation, PGR, Post Grant Review, PTAB, Tim Bianchi
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