This week in Other Barks & Bites: the Federal Circuit issues several precedential decisions, including one ruling defining the “ground” that a patent validity challenger could have reasonably raised in IPR proceedings for purposes of the IPR estoppel statute; Nvidia announces that it will release a downgraded version of its H20 AI chip for the Chinese market; the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office notes that its challenges in balancing time, cost and quality in the patent examination context are “well-documented” following the GAO’s report on examination quality; and more.
Recent Posts
- Other Barks & Bites for Friday, May 9: USPTO Responds to GAO Report; Stewart Welcomes National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductees; CAFC Defines ‘Ground’ for IPR Estoppel Statute
- PTAB Designates as Informative Stewart Decision on Discretion to Institute in Context of Parallel District Court Litigation
- Judge Hughes Again Calls Out CAFC’s Overly Rigid Article III Analysis for Pharmaceutical Cases
- Coke Stewart’s Recent Show Cause Order Offers Hope for Addressing Serial Patent Challenges
- The USPTO Should Reintroduce the AFCP Program—Now