The final year of Director Vidal’s tenure as the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office was a busy year for rulemaking at the Office. Since late 2023, five Notices of Proposed Rulemaking ...

On March 26, 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced changes to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) trial institution process, creating a new bifurcated approach to ...

Are high PTAB institution rates a sign that the rules are too favourable to petitioners? This was debated during a session at the IPO annual meeting In a session yesterday at the IPO Annual Meeting in ...

After over a year and a half at the helm of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Director Kathi Vidal has made significant and lasting impacts on the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) ...

Judge Pauline Newman has served with distinction on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit since her appointment ...

“The previous version of SOP 1 contained language that permitted PTAB members, the Patent Business Unit, applicants, or a patent owner or petitioner to suggest the need for an expanded panel of more ...

Counsel say there are three key takeaways from Intel’s victory that resulted in the invalidation of a blockbuster patent owned by non-practising entity VLSI earlier this month. The Patent Trial and ...

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December 22, 2023 - Inter partes reviews (IPRs) are a frequent component of patent litigation disputes. For example, a party accused of patent infringement in U.S. district court may challenge the ...