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US INVENTOR INC. et al v. HIRSHFELD, in his official capacity Performing the functions and duties of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office

  1. July 13, 2021

    Gilstrap Throws Out US Inventor's Fintiv Challenge

    U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap on Tuesday dismissed U.S. Inventor's challenge to Patent Trial and Appeal Board precedent allowing the board to turn away America Invents Act reviews based on the timing of co-pending district court litigation and lectured the organization for misdirecting its political goals.

  2. July 07, 2021

    5 Patent Cases To Watch In The Second Half Of 2021

    The U.S. Supreme Court will be deciding later this year whether to take up a highly controversial patent eligibility case, while a California federal court mulls whether discretionary denial precedent at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board is legal. Here are five cases in patent attorneys' sights for the rest of the year.

  3. June 24, 2021

    IP Forecast: Gilstrap To Hear Fight Over PTAB Reviews

    U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap next week will consider an inventor group's bid to halt the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office from instituting patent reviews until the agency goes through a rulemaking process concerning when it denies reviews based on parallel litigation. Here's a look at that case — plus all the other major intellectual property matters on deck in the coming week.

  4. February 22, 2021

    Inventors Want New PTAB Challenges Halted In Fintiv Fight

    Inventor group U.S. Inventor is asking a Texas federal court to block the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office from instituting new patent challenges until the agency undertakes a formal rulemaking process concerning its policy of denying review based on parallel litigation.