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2018

America Invents Act

Chicago-Kent College of Law

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Uncertainty About Real Parties In Interest And Privity In Aia Trials, Evan Day, Kevin Patariu, Bing Ai Apr 2018

Uncertainty About Real Parties In Interest And Privity In Aia Trials, Evan Day, Kevin Patariu, Bing Ai

Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.


Ptab Precedential Decision: Putting The Hammer Down On Filing Serial Petitions?, Ashley N. Klein, Warren J. Thomas Apr 2018

Ptab Precedential Decision: Putting The Hammer Down On Filing Serial Petitions?, Ashley N. Klein, Warren J. Thomas

Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property

Petitioners for inter partes review proceedings under the America Invents Act routinely file serial petitions to challenge a single patent. Patent owners have criticized such “follow-on” petitions as abusive. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s recent precedential opinion in General Plastic Industrial Co. v. Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, IPR2016-01357, Paper 19 (P.T.A.B. Sept. 6, 2017), lays out seven non-exhaustive factors to guide the Board’s consideration of such “follow-on” petitions. This Article summarizes the Board’s analysis of follow-on petitions prior to General Plastic, examines how General Plastic has affected petitioners’ success in having such petitions instituted, and suggests strategies for practitioners …


To Stay Or Not To Stay Pending Ipr? That Should Be A Simpler Question, Joel Sayres, Julie Wahlstrand Apr 2018

To Stay Or Not To Stay Pending Ipr? That Should Be A Simpler Question, Joel Sayres, Julie Wahlstrand

Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.


Master Of The Petition: Exploring The Tension Between The Ptab And Petitioners In Controlling The Scope Of Aia Trials, Raja N. Saliba, Grant Shackelford Apr 2018

Master Of The Petition: Exploring The Tension Between The Ptab And Petitioners In Controlling The Scope Of Aia Trials, Raja N. Saliba, Grant Shackelford

Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.


Yes, The Ptab Is Unconstitutional, Gregory Dolin, Md Mar 2018

Yes, The Ptab Is Unconstitutional, Gregory Dolin, Md

Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.


I Fought The Shaw: A Game Theory Framework And Approach To The District Courts' Struggle With Ipr Estoppel, Andrew V. Moshirnia Mar 2018

I Fought The Shaw: A Game Theory Framework And Approach To The District Courts' Struggle With Ipr Estoppel, Andrew V. Moshirnia

Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.


The Post-Grant Life: Coordinating & Strategizing Challenges Of Issued Patents In Multiple Continents, Karen E. Sandrik Mar 2018

The Post-Grant Life: Coordinating & Strategizing Challenges Of Issued Patents In Multiple Continents, Karen E. Sandrik

Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property

With the enactment of the Leahy-Smith American Invents Act (AIA), U.S. patent law gained a new post-grant opposition system and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). While the U.S. post-grant opposition system has some similarities to the post-grant systems, such as that in the European Union, Japan, South Korea, Canada, and Australia, there are also notable differences. Navigating one’s own post-grant system can be challenging, but doing so in multiple patent offices around the world is daunting. Differences in these proceedings not only present the potential for parties to make costly errors, but also to engage in strategic behavior. …


May You Live In Interesting Times: Patent Law In The Supreme Court, Seth P. Waxman Jan 2018

May You Live In Interesting Times: Patent Law In The Supreme Court, Seth P. Waxman

Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.