PTAB Strategies and Insights – January 2021

The PTAB Strategies and Insights newsletter provides timely updates and insights into how best to handle proceedings at the USPTO. It is designed to increase return on investment for all stakeholders looking at the entire patent life cycle in a global portfolio.

This month we cover:

• How the Federal Circuit dismissed a Petitioner’s appeal from a PTAB final written decision when it determined that a Patent Owner’s voluntary cessation in its district court action mooted the PTAB appeal;
• A Petitioner’s District Court stipulation results in PTAB trial institution under the PTAB’s Fintiv analysis; and
• We give our readers a sneak peek of the upcoming Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2020 Decisions report.

We welcome feedback and suggestions about this newsletter to ensure we are meeting the needs and expectations of our readers. So if you have topics you wish to see explored within an issue of the newsletter, please reach out to me.

Best,
Jason D. Eisenberg