• Post-grant review

    USPTO Post-grant review proceedings

    Liberty Mutual Restricts the Scope of Post-Grant Review

    by  • November 23, 2012 • Business method review, Post-grant review, USPTO trial procedure

    The Board’s decisions in Liberty Mutual (CBM2012-00003) denying grounds raised in a petition for covered business method patent review are momentous in several respects. The Orders, denying 196 of the 422 grounds of patentability raised against 20 claims, were issued only about 5 weeks after the petition was filed. The Order specifying redundancies objected to [...]

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    USPTO Post-Grant Opposition Costs – A Forum Conveniens for Invalidity Disputes

    by  • May 20, 2012 • Inter partes review, Interference, Post-grant review

    The USPTO comments on proposed rules for post-grant proceedings under the America Invents Act include estimates of the comparative costs of inter partes review, post-grant review, and district court patent litigation. Not surprisingly, the costs of challenging patent validity in the USPTO are expected to be a fraction of the expenses of a comparable district [...]

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