September 04, 2024
Months after U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Kathi Vidal said the Patent Trial and Appeal Board wrongly refused to review a Neo Wireless patent targeted by Honda because Volkswagen had already challenged it, the board again has rejected Honda's petition.
July 08, 2024
The Federal Circuit issued its first en banc patent decision since 2018, a circuit judge's suspension was solidified and courts shed further light on foreign damages and skinny labels. Here's a look back at these rulings and other top patent decisions from the first half of 2024.
March 29, 2024
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Kathi Vidal has set new boundaries on interpreting the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's discretionary denial precedent for follow-on petitions, making clear that defendants can work together in multidistrict litigation without giving up the right to file separate patent challenges.
March 25, 2024
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Kathi Vidal has thrown out Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions not to review whether Neo Wireless patents are invalid in challenges brought by Honda and others.
February 21, 2024
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Kathi Vidal has agreed to unseal what she called an "inappropriate" communication that was sent to her about challenges to wireless communications patents owned by Neo Wireless, but said "I have not, and will not, review or consider" what it says.
February 14, 2024
Honda is urging U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Kathi Vidal to vacate the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's decision not to review a Neo Wireless patent it had challenged, the same day Ford did the same.
February 09, 2024
A wireless communication patent owner has said U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Kathi Vidal should back the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's rejection of challenges from Ford and Honda.
December 21, 2023
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Kathi Vidal agreed Thursday to review Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions rejecting patent challenges by Ford and Honda due to earlier petitions filed by their competitor Volkswagen, an outcome the carmakers said flouted precedent.
December 11, 2023
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board's denial of a petition by American Honda Motor Co. Inc. to review a Neo Wireless broadband communications patent because of ongoing multidistrict litigation between the companies ought to be overturned, Honda said in requesting a review from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's director.