Where Plaintiffs Are Filing Suit Post-TC Heartland

Key Takeaways Effective immediately, the USPTO will consider whether a patent challenger’s accused products or a patent owner’s products are manufactured in the United States as additional factors in the...

In the Law360 article “Manufacturing Factor Adds More New Twists to AIA Cases,” Knobbe Martens partner Sheila Swaroop weighed in on the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office’s latest memo regarding...

Key Takeaway: With the decline of inter partes review (IPR) proceedings and the significant increase in ex parte reexamination (EPR) proceedings, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is allowing...