Tag: Microsoft
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PTAB PRPS Day Three Filings: 2 IPRs and 1 CBM
The PTAB Patent Review Processing System (PRPS) showed postings of 3 more petitions today. One was an IPR Petitioned by Microsoft against U.S. Pat. 6,757,717, relating to a system for data access in a packet-switched network. Another was Idle Free Systems, Inc. petitioning for IPR of U.S. Pat. 7,591,303 relating to a vehicle air conditioning and heating…
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Claim Interpretation for Post-Grant Review and Inter Partes Review under the AIA – Part I
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in America Invents Act, Broadest Reasonable Interpretation standard, clear and convincing evidence, Ex Parte Prosecution, ex parte reexamination, inter partes reexamination, inter partes review, Litigation, Patent Reform, Phillips-type construction, Post Grant Review, preponderance of evidence, PTAB, reexamination generally, Reissue, UncategorizedToday, USPTO Director David Kappos posted a comment advocating the use of the broadest reasonable interpretation standard (BRI) for claim interpretation in post grant review and inter partes review under the America Invents Act. This is a topic of great interest among those conducting post-grant review of patents because of numerous conflicts occuring in practice due to different…
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TiVo’s Reexamination Strategy Helps Win a Stay in the Northern District of California
The chronology of the dispute between TiVo, AT&T and Microsoft is complex and so are the digital video recorder (DVR) technologies covered in the patents that are asserted. All of these complexities seemed to weigh in favor of a stay in the present case. Some background is necessary to understand these complexities. Litigation Background On August…
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Microsoft v. i4i – Part III: Changing the Presumption of Validity: Impact on Reexamination Practice
Posted March 14, 2011 The prior post discussed only some of the many options the Supreme Court has in the Microsoft v. i4i case (i4i). In summary, the presumption of validity of a patent as we currently know it may be changed and the standard of proof required for an accused infringer to prove invalidity…
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Microsoft v. i4i – Part II: The Supreme Court’s Many Options
Posted March 6, 2011 The previous post included a summary of the facts from the Microsoft petition for certiorari. The Supreme Court has several options when deciding the outcome of this case. It can maintain the Federal Circuit’s existing presumption of validity. On the other hand, it can relieve an accused infringer from having to…