January 08, 2014
Matthew L. Cutler
Principal
St. Louis Metro Office
198 Recent Articles
January 07, 2014
Communications Between Experts not “Routine” Discovery in Inter Partes Review Proceedings
December 23, 2013
6 Reasons Inter Partes Review Was Popular in 2013
December 12, 2013
Hindsight and Teaching Away Arguments Fall Short in Decision to Initiate IPR Trial
December 11, 2013
Board Adopts Claim Construction that is Even Broader than that Proposed by Petitioner
December 10, 2013
Board Agrees that Petition Failed to Set Forth Relevant Claim Construction, But Finds Error Harmless
December 09, 2013
Attorney Argument in Preliminary Response Continues to be Trumped by Expert Evidence from Petition
December 03, 2013
Burden is on Petitioner to Prove Priority Date of Patent Challenged in Inter Partes Review
November 23, 2013
Dismissal of District Court Case, Without Prejudice, Removes Time Bar of 35 USC § 315(b)
November 22, 2013
Board Gives No Weight to Previous Examiner and District Court Decisions that Prior Art Was Antedated
November 21, 2013
Rehearing? PTAB Mostly Says “We Heard You Well Enough the First Time…” – Part II
November 20, 2013
Rehearing? PTAB Mostly Says “We Heard You Well Enough the First Time…” – Part I
November 19, 2013
PTAB Claim Construction Ruling Wipes out Half of Challenged Grounds, But Trial Still Initiated
November 18, 2013
Copyright Notice without Day and Month Insufficient to Establish Reference as Prior Art
November 15, 2013
To Be a Real Party-In-Interest, One Must Control Actions of a Party to an Inter Partes Review
November 14, 2013
Board Eschews Federal Circuit Claim Construction in Granting IPR Trial Requested by Google
November 13, 2013
Petitioners Strike First: PTAB Issues First Final Decision – Claims Unpatentable and Motion to Amend Denied
November 07, 2013
Operability of Combined References Considered by PTAB in Obviousness Analysis
November 06, 2013
GAO Report: Looking for the Real Troll
November 05, 2013