Intellectual Property,
Civil Litigation
Mar. 18, 2020
The PTAB downturn
Recalibration in an evolving IP environment.
Brenton R. Babcock
Partner
Loeb & Loeb LLP
Phone: (949) 760-0404
Email: bbabcock@loeb.com
Brent represents high-technology clients in every aspect of intellectual property disputes, focusing on federal district court litigation throughout the country, trials and post-grant patent proceedings before the USPTO's Patent Trial and Appeal Board, ex parte appeals before the PTAB, and alternative dispute resolution proceedings, including domestic and international arbitrations.
The news that patent validity challenges filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Patent Trial and Appeal Board fell 23% in 2019 was a jolt to many in the IP legal community, but the reasons for the drop are largely intentional and readily ascertainable. The PTAB, which Congress brought into existence with the enactment of the America Invents Act of 2011, is a still a relatively new forum that...
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