Last week, @USMADEcoalition held an educational briefing on Capitol Hill to discuss “Litigation Finance Disclosure: Protecting US Manufacturing from Predatory Litigation.” Thank you to all the panelists and attendees that joined us to protect US manufacturing. #manufacturing
“In fact, the only clear winners under PERA and PREVAIL are drug companies, patent trolls, and litigation investors through which America’s enemies wage patent lawfare proxy wars.”
US*MADE statement on PERA and PREVAIL legislation: https://t.co/kna4D7BCe3
Western District of TX Judge Alan Albright denied HP's motion to postpone a March trial in a patent suit against it by Intellectual Ventures until a pending #interpartesreview of the patent is complete, saying the trial will resolve the issues first: https://t.co/9up6MIDbIP #PTAB
"Allowing patentees to amend their claims in IPRs through disclaimers would completely undermine the statutory scheme and effectively allow retrospective amendments." https://t.co/mV9wwNHM3j #IPR#PTAB#USPTO#patents#intellectualproperty
Vidal also took aim at VLSI, ordering its attorneys to explain why they should not be held liable for opposing counsel's attorney fees...Both patent challenges will now proceed to final decisions, leaving VLSI's massive jury win on shaky ground...: https://t.co/UuChVRTP7A #USPTO
“#Patent lawsuits filed in Waco will continue being randomly assigned to W. District of TX judges under an order by the district's new chief judge, who retained a policy preventing US District Judge Albright from getting every case in the patent hotspot.” https://t.co/bcGk5D3uMh
The number of discretionary denials the #PTAB issued in light of #Fintiv exploded after the decision became precedential in May 2020, with the board handing down 168 denials of requests to institute patent challenges from that point through the end of 2021 https://t.co/S5CDLvuStA