October 06, 2021
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has sided with Hulu that a data processing patent was invalid in light of an earlier textbook, a decision that came after the board's precedent-setting panel ruled last year that the online streaming company had shown a reasonable likelihood that the prior art qualified as a printed publication.
October 07, 2020
In a case on remand from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's precedent-setting panel, the board has ruled that Hulu successfully showed that a printed publication qualified as prior art that likely rendered parts of a data processing patent as invalid.
April 13, 2020
Recent precedential decisions by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board setting different standards for when printed publications can invalidate patents in inter partes review and prosecution are a blow to patent applicants and could alter strategies for challenging patents, attorneys say.
January 07, 2020
Anyone arguing to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that a publication like a textbook renders a patent invalid will need to do more work to convince the board to accept that argument following a recent precedential decision, attorneys say.
December 20, 2019
The panel that sets precedent for the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruled Friday that in order for printed publications like textbooks to be used to challenge patents, the challenger must present specific evidence that the publication was available to the public.
June 18, 2019
The panel that sets precedent for the Patent Trial and Appeal Board heard arguments Tuesday in a case that could clarify requirements for companies using textbooks and other publications to challenge patents, weighing the apparent simplicity of one proposed standard against its demands.
May 02, 2019
Various tech companies, including Google and Uber, and IP groups have urged the Patent Trial and Appeal Board not to set the bar too high as it considers what is required for textbooks and other printed publications to be used to challenge patents.