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Tag Archives: litigation
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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SAP’s Cert Petition Denied by Supreme Court in Versata Patent Infringement Suit
In earlier posts, I described the $391 million patent infringement judgment awarded to Versata for SAP’s alleged infringement of US Pat. 6,553,350. I also detailed SAP’s attempts to avoid the judgment by challenging the ‘350 patent in the first covered business … Continue reading
Posted in America Invents Act, claim challenges, covered business methods, Litigation, patent-eligible subject matter, petitions practice, Post Grant Review, software patents, Uncategorized
Tagged appeal, Bianchi, CBM, claims, covered business method, damages, federal circuit, issued patent, litigation, patent litigation, patent trial and appeal board, PGR, Post Grant Review, PTAB, stay, Supreme Court, Tim Bianchi
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CLE Event: Review of First Year of Patent Office Trials
The America Invents Act provides us several new ways to challenge issued patents. If you are curious about what we have learned in this first year fourteen months of patent office trials, please tune into my hour webinar tomorrow morning (Dec. … Continue reading
Posted in America Invents Act, covered business methods, Depositions, inter partes review, Litigation, Patent Reform, Post Grant Review, PTAB, PTAB Patent Trials, PTO Sued Under the APA
Tagged Bianchi, CBM, claims, covered business method, ex parte reexamination, federal circuit, inter partes reexamination, inter partes review, IPR, litigation, patent litigation, patent reform, patent trial and appeal board, PGR, PTAB, Tim Bianchi
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Parties Terminate CBM Before They Settle Dispute to Avoid PTAB Decision
In January of 2013, EZ Shield , Inc sued Harland Clarke Corp. for infringement of U.S. Pat. 8,346,637. The ‘637 patent relates to a system for reimbursement of consumers for losses incurred for specific forms of check fraud. In April … Continue reading
Posted in America Invents Act, covered business methods, Litigation, Post Grant Review, PTAB, PTAB Patent Trials, reexamination generally, Termination of Post-Grant Proceedings
Tagged Bianchi, CBM, covered business method, ex parte reexamination, issued patent, litigation, motion to stay, patent, patent claims, patent litigation, patent reform, patent trial and appeal board, Post Grant Review, PTAB, reexam, reexamination, termination, Tim Bianchi
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Divided Federal Circuit Panel Finds Computer System Claims Not Patent-Eligible
Posted: September 8, 2013 On September 5, 2013, the Federal Circuit affirmed a District court holding that a computer system claim was not patent-eligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101. In Accenture Global Servs., GmbH v. Guidewire Software, Inc., a divided panel … Continue reading
Posted in claim challenges, Claim Construction, Federal Circuit, patent-eligible subject matter, software patents, statutory subject matter
Tagged appeal, Bianchi, claims, issued patent, litigation, patent, patent claims, patent eligibility, patent litigation, software patents, Tim Bianchi
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PTAB Grants Motion for Early Termination of Proceeding Before CBM Trial Institution
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board recently decided to grant a motion to terminate a CBM proceeding prior to a decision of whether to institute trial in that CBM proceeding. In CBM2013-00015, between Oracle Corporation (Petitioner) and Community United IP, … Continue reading
Posted in America Invents Act, covered business methods, Patent Reform, Post Grant Review, PTAB, Termination of Post-Grant Proceedings
Tagged Bianchi, CBM, covered business method, issued patent, litigation, patent, patent claims, patent litigation, patent reform, patent trial and appeal board, petition, PTAB, Tim Bianchi
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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
Posted in Depositions, Expert, Federal Circuit, Future of PTAB Trial Practice, inter partes review, Litigation, motion practice, PRPS Patent Review Processing System, PTAB, PTAB Patent Trials
Tagged appeal, Bianchi, BPAI, CBM, claims, federal circuit, inter partes review, IPR, issued patent, litigation, patent, patent claims, patent litigation, patent trial and appeal board, PGR, Post Grant Review, PTAB, Tim Bianchi
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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 appeal, Bianchi, CBM, covered business method, federal circuit, issued patent, litigation, motion to stay, patent, patent claims, patent litigation, patent reform, patent trial and appeal board, PTAB, rehearing request, Tim Bianchi
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More Developments in the Patent Battle between SAP and Versata
There has been a lot of activity in the litigations arising from the patent battle between SAP and Versata. You will recall that there are parallel Federal Circuit, PTAB, and Eastern District of Virginia actions. There have been activities in … Continue reading
Posted in America Invents Act, covered business methods, Federal Circuit, Litigation, Post Grant Review, PRPS Patent Review Processing System, PTAB, PTAB Patent Trials, PTO Sued Under the APA, Stay in Federal Circuit
Tagged appeal, Bianchi, CBM, claims, covered business method, federal circuit, issued patent, litigation, motion to stay, patent, patent claims, patent trial and appeal board, petition, PTAB, Tim Bianchi
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SAP Moves for a Stay of Parallel Federal Circuit Action After PTAB Win
SAP’s fight to dismiss Versata’s U.S. 6,553,350 patent assertion continues. After SAP’s win in the PTAB on June 11, 2013, SAP filed a motion to stay the parallel Federal Circuit appeal on June 17th. Now the Federal Circuit must decide … Continue reading
Posted in America Invents Act, claim challenges, covered business methods, Federal Circuit, patent-eligible subject matter, Post Grant Review, PTAB, Stay in Federal Circuit
Tagged appeal, Bianchi, CBM, claims, covered business method, federal circuit, Federal Circuit Stay, litigation, motion to stay, patent, patent litigation, patent trial and appeal board, PTAB, SAP, stay, Tim Bianchi, Versata
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