Topics Amendments Satisfying the Duty of Disclosure in AIA TrialsRare Circumstances in IPRs are Even Rarer With Poor StrategyFitbit Dodges a Bullet—Entitled to Appeal Portion of Apple’s Petition Which It Did Not Join Appeals PTAB’s Delay in Instituting IPRs Is Not Reviewable on AppealTimeless Expertise: Expert Testimony Precedent in Osseo ImagingNo Words, No Waiver: No Obligation to Request Rehearing to Preserve Issue for Appeal Artificial Intelligence PTAB Concludes Artificial Intelligence Medical Device Patent Is Not Obvious Biotechnology The Power of Prophetic DisclosuresTimeless Expertise: Expert Testimony Precedent in Osseo ImagingPatent Interferences May Not Involve Pure AIA Patent CBM Federal Circuit Finds Loyalty Rewards Claims IneligibleSupreme Court to Review the Arthrex DecisionDesignating Specific Storage Location for Ad Data Not Enough for Patentability Claim Construction Fed. Cir. Provides Insight on Conditional FeaturesNo Words, No Waiver: No Obligation to Request Rehearing to Preserve Issue for AppealPetitioners’ Replies May Respond to Newly Raised Claim Constructions Covered Business Method Federal Circuit Finds Lack of Enablement in Prior Art ReferenceSupreme Court to Review the Arthrex DecisionThe Arthrex Mulligan Discovery PTAB Should Have Determined that Gravity Feed Display Design Patent is ObviousPTAB Revises Trial Practice Guide To Reflect Recent Decisions On Claim Construction, Petition and Motion PracticePetitioner Has Burden of Persuasion on Real Party in Interest Estoppel Obvious Variants and the Hand of FateThis Seems Absurd, but …Rigidly Interpreting Precedents May Foreclose an Equitable Doctrine Ex Parte Review Panel of the PTAB Weighs in on Eligibility of AI ClaimsFederal Circuit Imperils Term-adjusted PatentsPTAB Updates and Expands the Director Review Process and Offers Transparency in Ex Parte Appeals Institution / Denial The Propriety and Cost of Discretionary DenialPTAB’s Delay in Instituting IPRs Is Not Reviewable on AppealPTAB Updates and Expands the Director Review Process and Offers Transparency in Ex Parte Appeals Inter Partes Review The Propriety and Cost of Discretionary DenialThe Power of Prophetic DisclosuresThe High Hurdles in Disqualifying Prior Art Interferences Federal Circuit Decides First Derivation AppealPatent Interferences May Not Involve Pure AIA PatentMine Your Patent Application and You Might Find a Licensee IPR The Power of Prophetic DisclosuresThe High Hurdles in Disqualifying Prior ArtPTAB’s Delay in Instituting IPRs Is Not Reviewable on Appeal Joinder Fitbit Dodges a Bullet—Entitled to Appeal Portion of Apple’s Petition Which It Did Not JoinFederal Circuit Nixes PTAB’s Same-party and New Issue Joinder PrecedentCAFC Hears IPR Appeal From Parties That Were Time-Barred From Filing Petition Legislation The Propriety and Cost of Discretionary DenialPatentee’s Admissions of Obviousness Insufficient Basis for Cancellation in Inter Partes Review"Comments Anyone?": PTO Makes Proposed New IPR Amendment Process Machine Learning PTAB Concludes Artificial Intelligence Medical Device Patent Is Not Obvious Obviousness Federal Circuit uses Plain Language for Statutory Interpretation in Lynk LabsPTAB Provides Some Clarity on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Obviousness in IPR DecisionCourt Limits Collateral Estoppel Based on PTAB Decisions Post Grant Review PTAB Updates and Expands the Director Review Process and Offers Transparency in Ex Parte AppealsPatent Office Proposes Increasing AIA Trial FeesPTAB Invalidates GUI, but Leaves Obviousness Test Gooey Printed Publication POP Hits a SoftballWhat Qualifies As Prior Art?Trade Show Publication Dooms Patent in IPR Appeal Despite Contrary Decision in ITC Appeal PTAB Federal Circuit uses Plain Language for Statutory Interpretation in Lynk LabsPTAB Provides Some Clarity on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Obviousness in IPR DecisionGive Me ONE Reason: Federal Circuit Requires At Least One Reason for Motivation to Combine Real Party-in-Interest Time Bar Challenge Must Be Raised before the Board, Not Saved for AppealPetitioner Has Burden of Persuasion on Real Party in InterestSuccessful IPR Petition Time Barred Under 35 U.S.C. §315(b) by Involuntarily Dismissed Complaint Reexamination The Propriety and Cost of Discretionary DenialFederal Circuit Imperils Term-adjusted PatentsPTAB Updates and Expands the Director Review Process and Offers Transparency in Ex Parte Appeals Section 101 Review Panel of the PTAB Weighs in on Eligibility of AI ClaimsFederal Circuit Finds Loyalty Rewards Claims IneligibleSo Long, and Thanks for All the Fish Section 112 Mine Your Patent Application and You Might Find a LicenseeCome on, Board, Finish What You StartedIs the Written Description Requirement a Nose of Wax? Sections 102/103 The Power of Prophetic DisclosuresThe High Hurdles in Disqualifying Prior ArtFed. Cir. Provides Insight on Conditional Features Stays PTAB’s Delay in Instituting IPRs Is Not Reviewable on AppealDenying a Stay and Building an Airplane While Flying ItDoes Section 285 Permit an Award of Attorney’s Fees for Patent Office Proceedings? Trial Procedures The High Hurdles in Disqualifying Prior ArtFederal Circuit Decides First Derivation AppealTimeless Expertise: Expert Testimony Precedent in Osseo Imaging U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Give Me ONE Reason: Federal Circuit Requires At Least One Reason for Motivation to Combine