What the Board of Patent Appeals Can Learn from the NFL
The difference between a successful and unsuccessful season for an NFL Football Team often times hinges upon the outcome of a single game. In some cases, a single play of a game can doom a team’s...
View ArticleBodog Loses Again, Claim Preclusion Not Applicable in Ex Parte Reexam
Back in 2007, a default judgment was entered in a Nevada district court against the well known Internet gambling website Bodog.com for infringement of U.S. Patent 5,564,001. (1st Technology LLV. v....
View ArticlePetition Dismissal is Appropriate for Improper Use of PTAB Resources
Congress created AIA trial proceeding to combat trolls, not create an altogether new class of them. Since the initial filings of Hayman, the STRONG ACT has been introduced in the Senate and includes a...
View ArticlePTAB Hedge Fund Failures Diffuse Early Market Hysteria
The early “death squad” hysteria persisted just long enough to catch the interest of hedge funds. The hedge funds saw an opportunity to utilize the PTAB to spook financial markets to their gain. The...
View ArticleBRI and Phillips are No Different – Unified Patents Responds
Unified Patents Inc. explained in its amicus brief in Cuozzo Speed v. Lee that “[t]he phrase ‘broadest reasonable interpretation’ describes the same procedure applied in both the PTO and by the...
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