ReexamLink By Tim Bianchi

Patent Prosecution | Litigation | Post-Grant Proceedings

Tag: settlement

IPRs And Settlement of Patent Infringement Cases

Feb 14, 2016

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Tim Bianchi

in America Invents Act, claim challenges, inter partes review, prior art, Settlements in Post-Grant Proceedings

The passage of the AIA is still relatively recent, yet statistics are starting to emerge that demonstrate the effective use of IPRs to settle patent infringement cases. IAM magazine recently published an interesting report by Unified Patents showing that IPRs have the effect of increasing the median time to settle litigations (from 211 to 420 days), but when viewed…
The Settlement Effect of PTAB Proceedings and Recent Patent Office Trial Statistics

Dec 29, 2014

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Tim Bianchi

in America Invents Act, Future of PTAB Trial Practice, inter partes review, Litigation, petitions practice, Post Grant Review, PTAB, PTAB Patent Trials, Settlements in Post-Grant Proceedings, Termination of Post-Grant Proceedings

December 29, 2014 The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) released statistics for AIA Patent Office trials as of Dec. 18, 2014. Different commentators have recently reported that the institution rate for these proceedings has dropped to about 60-70 percent, depending on how you calculate it. Those familiar with PTAB trial practice (IPR, CBM, PGR and…