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PTAB Standard for Qualifying CBM Patent Reviews is Now Set

The AIA provides for the post-grant review of “covered business method patents,” which are defined as: a patent that claims a method or corresponding apparatus for performing data processing or other operations used in the practice, administration, or management of a financial product or service. AIA §18(d)(1). The PTAB was left to its own devices … Continue Reading

Trial Verdict Means Time Has Run Out to Get a Stay

Federal district courts are inclined to stay patent litigations when requested by patent challengers on the basis that the patent-in-suit is undergoing an AIA review proceeding at the USPTO; and those not so inclined, specifically in the Eastern District of Texas, have been corrected by the Federal Circuit. But this favorable disposition toward stays occurs … Continue Reading
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