IPR Timing Issues in View of Recent Developments

Director Eldora L. Ellison, Ph.D. will be speaking on the panel “General Session 3: IPR Timing Issues in View of Recent Developments: the Shift to Phillips, Recent Developments at the Federal Circuit, and the Supreme Court’s Consideration of Click-to-Call ” during the 2020 PTAB Bar Association Annual Conference. Her panel will occur on Thursday, September 24, 2020 from 2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. EDT.

Panel Description

This session will explore how recent changes in practice at the PTAB implicate IPR timing considerations. Among other things, the PTAB’s shift to Phillips (and related increased necessity to align claim construction positions with district court), recent developments in RPI/privity/315(b) law, and the Supreme Court’s consideration of Click-to-Call will be explored.