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Category Archives: claim challenges
SAP Files Ex Parte Reexamination Request using Prior Art from Ongoing Litigations
As you may recall from earlier posts, on September 16, 2012, SAP filed a petition for review of U.S. Pat. No. 6,553,350 to begin the first covered business method patent review (CBM2012-00001) under the America Invents Act. To advance its PTAB … Continue reading
Posted in America Invents Act, claim challenges, covered business methods, Litigation, patent-eligible subject matter, Post Grant Review, prior art, PTAB, PTAB Patent Trials, reexamination generally, reexamination pendency, Special Dispatch
Tagged appeal, Bianchi, CBM, covered business method, ex parte reexamination, federal circuit, inter partes reexamination, IPR, issued patent, litigation, patent, patent claims, patent litigation, patent trial and appeal board, petition, PGR, Post Grant Review, PTAB, reexam, reexamination, Tim Bianchi
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Early PTAB Orders Demonstrate Differences Between AIA Patent Trials and District Court Trials
Patent practitioners are still absorbing some of the differences and advantages that are unique to litigation in the PTAB as opposed to district court litigation. For example, PTAB proceedings only decide questions of validity and are not directed to rule … Continue reading
Posted in America Invents Act, claim challenges, Claim Construction, clear and convincing evidence, estoppel, inter partes review, Litigation, preponderance of evidence, PTAB, PTAB Patent Trials, Uncategorized
Tagged appeal, Bianchi, board of patent appeals, burden of, clear and convincing, estoppel, inter partes review, IPR, issued patent, litigation, patent claims, patent litigation, patent trial, patent trial and appeal board, preponderance of the evidence, presumption of validity, PTAB, Tim Bianchi
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PTAB Publishes Trial Transcript from First Covered Business Method Patent Review
On April 17, 2013 the PTAB heard oral arguments in the first covered business method patent review between SAP and Versata. SAP challenged the validity of Versata’s U.S. Patent No. 6,553,350 in the PTAB under 35 U.S.C. § 101. My … Continue reading
Posted in claim challenges, covered business methods, Litigation, patent-eligible subject matter, Post Grant Review, PTAB, PTAB Patent Trials, PTO Sued Under the APA, Uncategorized
Tagged appeal, Bianchi, CBM, covered business method, federal circuit, issued patent, litigation, patent, patent claims, patent litigation, patent trial and appeal board, petition, PTAB, reexam, reexamination, Tim Bianchi
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Progressive Casualty Litigation Stayed Pending Outcome of Liberty Mutual CBMs
Progressive Casualty Insurance Co. sued different insurance companies for patent infringement of 5 of its patents in 2010-2012 in the Northern District of Ohio. (Cases 1:10CV01370 and 1:11CV00082 against Safeco; Case 1:12CV01068 against State Farm; and Case 1:12CV01070 against Hartford.) … Continue reading
Posted in America Invents Act, claim challenges, covered business methods, estoppel, estoppel from administrative proceeding, factors for stay, indefiniteness, Litigation, Patent Reform, patent-eligible subject matter, Post Grant Review, PTAB, PTAB Patent Trials, reexamination generally, statutory subject matter, stay, Uncategorized
Tagged Bianchi, CBM, covered business method, estoppel, ex parte reexamination, issued patent, litigation, motion to stay, patent, patent claims, patent litigation, patent trial and appeal board, PTAB, reexamination, SNQ, stay, substantial new question of patentability, Tim Bianchi
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SAP v. Versata: First Covered Business Method PTAB Trial Tests New AIA Trial Provisions
The first ever covered business method patent review stems from a patent litigation between Versata and SAP over two Versata patents relating to pricing products in mulitlevel product and organizational groups. The district court action began in 2007 when Versata … Continue reading
Posted in America Invents Act, claim challenges, covered business methods, indefiniteness, Litigation, patent-eligible subject matter, Post Grant Review, PTAB, PTAB Patent Trials, PTO Sued Under the APA, statutory subject matter, Uncategorized
Tagged appeal, Bianchi, CBM, CBM2012-000001, covered business method, federal circuit, issued patent, litigation, patent, patent claims, patent litigation, patent trial and appeal board, petition, PTAB, SAP v. Versata, Tim Bianchi
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Parallel Litigation and PTAB Review Create Complex Interplay of Patentability and Validity
A company called CoreLogic Solutions, LLC owns U.S. Patent No. 5,361,201, relating to a process for appraising real estate property. The ‘201 patent was filed on Oct. 19, 1992 and issued on Nov. 1, 1994. Absent some kind of patent term extension, the ‘201 … Continue reading
Posted in America Invents Act, Broadest Reasonable Interpretation standard, claim challenges, Claim Construction, clear and convincing evidence, covered business methods, indefiniteness, Litigation, motion practice, Patent Reform, patent-eligible subject matter, Phillips-type construction, Post Grant Review, preponderance of evidence, PTAB, statutory subject matter
Tagged appeal, Bianchi, burden of proof, CBM, clear and convincing, covered business method, covered business method patent review, federal circuit, issued patent, litigation, patent, patent claims, patent reform, petition, PGR, Post Grant Review, PTAB, reexam, reexamination, Tim Bianchi
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Liberty Mutual Covered Business Method Patent Review Petition Tailored to Address Prior Art “Mischaracterized” During Reexamination
Liberty Mutual Insurance filed two more covered business method (CBM) patent review petitions dated September 29. The petitions both relate to U.S. Pat. No. 7,124,088 owned by Progressive Casualty Insurance, that relates to an on-line insurance policy service system as … Continue reading
Posted in America Invents Act, Broadest Reasonable Interpretation standard, claim challenges, Claim Construction, correcting reexamination using post-issuance review, covered business methods, inequitable conduct, inter partes review, Litigation, Patent Reform, Phillips-type construction, Post Grant Review, reexamination generally
Tagged Bianchi, CBM, claims, correcting reexamination using post issuance review, covered business method, ex parte reexamination, patent reform, PGR, reexam, reexamination, Tim Bianchi
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More Inter Partes Patent Reviews Filed on the PTAB PRPS
As of 01:00 on September 27, the number of petitions for covered business method (CBM) patent reviews remained at 6, but five more petitions for inter partes reviews (IPRs) were filed, making a total of 17 IPRs. The total number of pending … Continue reading
Posted in America Invents Act, claim challenges, Claim Construction, covered business methods, Damages, estoppel, future damages, inter partes review, intervening rights, Litigation, motion practice, Patent Reform, Post Grant Review, preponderance of evidence, PRPS Patent Review Processing System, PTAB, raised or reasonably could have raised
Tagged Bianchi, inter partes review, patent, patent claims, PGR, Post Grant Review, PTAB, Tim Bianchi
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Comparative Study of Post Issuance Review Options
Today I had the pleasure of co-presenting at the Midwest IP Institute on various post-issuance proceedings with Kevin Rhodes, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel and President of 3M Innovative Properties Company. A PDF of our joint presentation is found here. The presentation provides … Continue reading
Posted in America Invents Act, Broadest Reasonable Interpretation standard, Claim Construction, clear and convincing evidence, covered business methods, estoppel, estoppel, estoppel from administrative proceeding, ex parte reexamination, indefiniteness, inter partes reexamination, inter partes review, Litigation, motion practice, Patent Reform, patent-eligible subject matter, petitions practice, Phillips-type construction, Post Grant Review, preponderance of evidence, PTAB, raised or reasonably could have raised, raised or reasonably could have raised, reexamination generally, statutory subject matter, supplemental examination
Tagged Bianchi, CBM, claims, clear and convincing, estoppel, inter partes reexamination, inter partes review, IPR, litigation, patent litigation, patent reform, petition, PGR, Post Grant Review, PTAB, reexam, reexamination, SNQ, substantial new question of patentability, Tim Bianchi
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More IPR Filings on Day 2
If you are monitoring adoption of post-issuance filings you may have noticed that five more IPR filings were filed on the second day of operation of the PTAB trials portal pursuant to the new IPR and CBM patent review options … Continue reading
Posted in America Invents Act, Broadest Reasonable Interpretation standard, claim challenges, Claim Construction, covered business methods, Ex Parte Prosecution, indefiniteness, inter partes review, Litigation, Patent Reform, patent-eligible subject matter, Phillips-type construction, Post Grant Review, PTAB, statutory subject matter
Tagged Bianchi, CBM, claims, covered business method, indefiniteness, inter partes review, IPR, issued patent, litigation, patent prosecution, patent reform, petition, PGR, Post Grant Review, PTAB, statutory subject matter, Tim Bianchi
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