An Update On Unsuccessful Inter Partes Review Petitions

Law360, New York (May 28, 2015, 11:15 AM EDT) -- On April 22, 2015, we published an article in Law360 outlining three lessons to help patent owners secure dismissals of inter partes review petitions. Since then, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's rate of institution of IPR petitions has reduced slightly to 68 percent (1243/1822 as of May 21, 2015) from 69 percent (1079/1559).[1] Including properly filed joinder petitions, the percentage of institutions is the same as two months ago: Institutions were 75 percent (1364/1822), as of May 21, 2015, and also 75 percent 1188/1559 as of March 3, 2015.[2] Filings of IPR petitions were actually lower in April 2015 than in April 2014, although the first four months of 2015, still show a significant increase in IPR filings over the year prior.[3]...

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