Category Archives: rehearing request

Patent Office Board Takes a Bite out of Apple’s IPR Challenge of VirnetX Patents

In  mid-2013 Apple filed seven inter partes review petitions to challenge four VirnetX patents.  Recently, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (the Board) denied all seven inter partes review (IPR) petitions.  This outcome demonstrates the Board’s current interpretation of the one-year bar … Continue reading

Posted in America Invents Act, claim challenges, inter partes review, Joinder of AIA Proceedings, Joinder of Parties Post-petition, motion practice, PTAB, rehearing request, Termination of Post-Grant Proceedings | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

PTAB Authorizes SAP to file Opposition to Versata’s Rehearing Request

Even though the Rehearing Request filed by Versata last week is confidential, we can glean some insight about what it contained based on the publicly available documents of record.  Today the PTAB authorized SAP to file its motion to oppose … Continue reading

Posted in America Invents Act, claim challenges, covered business methods, Federal Circuit, Litigation, Patent Reform, patent-eligible subject matter, Post Grant Review, PTAB, PTAB Patent Trials, rehearing request, statutory subject matter, Stay in Federal Circuit | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment