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Reuters: Federal Circuit confirms use of 'secret springing' prior art in inter partes patent challenges - Establishing that a reference qualifies as prior art is a crucial threshold inquiry in challenging the validity of a patent. That is especially true at the Patent Trial and Appeal ... Federal Circuit confirms use of 'secret springing' prior art in inter partes patent challenges A patent owner may be able to remove an asserted prior art reference if the patent owner can show that the relevant subject matter in the prior art is the inventor’s own work.
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After the petitioner in ... As the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and the Acting USPTO Director refocus challengers, and with them Patent Owners, towards reexamination from inter partes review proceedings, the need to understand ... - Acting Director Coke Morgan Stewart of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently issued a new policy memorandum that limits the types of prior art that may be used to challenge ...
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IPWatchdog: Lynk Labs’ SCOTUS Petition Challenges CAFC’s Bifurcated Approach to U.S. Patent Applications as IPR Prior Art “Martin cannot be a printed publication for purposes of half the key clause… but a patent application for the other half.” – Lynk Labs’ SCOTUS petition Lynk Labs’ petition for writ contends that the ... Lynk Labs’ SCOTUS Petition Challenges CAFC’s Bifurcated Approach to U.S. Patent Applications as IPR Prior Art IPWatchdog: SCOTUS Denial of Lynk Labs Petition Preserves Unpublished Patent Applications as Prior Art in Pre-AIA IPRs “Samsung argued that Lynk Labs’ interpretation could lead to the farfetched result of priority dates changing if a patent application asserted as prior art issues as a patent during the IPR proceeding ...