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Apple Inc. et al v. Iancu

  1. March 11, 2021

    Tech Titans Strike Chord With Judge On PTAB Denials Suit

    A California federal judge seemed persuaded at times on Thursday by an argument from Apple and other tech giants that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's practice of denying patent reviews due to looming trials in parallel district court litigation is unlawful.

  2. February 05, 2021

    Judge Says Inventors Would 'Radically Alter' Tech's PTAB Suit

    A California federal judge on Friday said US Inventor can't intervene in tech titans' suit challenging a rule that lets the Patent Trial and Appeal Board refuse patent challenges based on the status of co-pending litigation, saying the organization aimed to "create a much different case."

  3. January 22, 2021

    'Defective' Or 'Ordinary': PTAB Denials Suit Heats Up In Calif.

    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office decried the tech industry's suit against its practice of invoking discretion to deny patent challenges as "logically and legally defective," while top industry players shot back that it was nothing but an "ordinary" Administrative Procedure Act suit.

  4. January 14, 2021

    Judge Unsure Inventors Can Step Into IPR Denial Challenge

    A California federal judge on Thursday questioned an inventor group that wants to intervene in Apple and Google's suit challenging the legality of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's use of discretion to deny patent reviews when parallel district court trials are looming, probing whether it should file its own suit.

  5. December 03, 2020

    Patent Office Loses Stay Bid In PTAB Denials Challenge

    A California federal judge said he can simultaneously weigh whether tech companies have standing to challenge U.S. Patent and Trademark Office precedent allowing patent challenges to be denied based on parallel district court litigation, and whether their suit has merit.

  6. December 02, 2020

    Tech Titans Fight USPTO's Stay Bid In PTAB Denials Suit

    Apple, Google and others are urging a California federal judge to reject the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's bid to delay briefing on their motion for summary judgment in their challenge of the office's practice of denying review in light of parallel infringement litigation.

  7. November 24, 2020

    USPTO Aims To End Tech Giants' PTAB Denials Challenge

    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has urged a California federal court to toss out a challenge by Apple and other tech titans over the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's practice of denying inter partes review in light of parallel infringement litigation.

  8. November 17, 2020

    USPTO Fights Inventors' Bid To Enter PTAB Denials Challenge

    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is fighting an inventor group's request to enter a challenge brought by Apple and other tech giants over the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's practice of denying inter partes reviews in light of parallel infringement litigation.

  9. November 10, 2020

    Edwards Lifesciences Bolsters Tech's Attack On PTAB Denials

    Edwards Lifesciences Corp. has joined Apple, Cisco, Google and Intel in challenging Patent Trial and Appeal Board precedent that lets judges invoke pending district court litigation in order to skip instituting inter partes reviews.

  10. October 27, 2020

    Inventor Group Calls PTAB Reviews An 'Ongoing Catastrophe'

    Inventor group U.S. Inventor doubled down on its request to temporarily ban the Patent Trial and Appeal Board from launching new reviews, referring to the current process as an "ongoing catastrophe" in California federal court Monday.