Discretionary factors, including “settled expectations,” have done a lot of work at the PTAB over the past year. They have become a powerful basis ...

In a decision (BGH X ZB 4/14, "Verdickerpolymer II"), the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) has resolved the question of third party interventions to ex parte proceedings. The BGH found that there ...

In In Re Gesture Technology Partners, LLC, Case No. 2025-1075 (Fed. Cir. December 1, 2025) (“Gesture”), the Federal Circuit reinforced the power of ex parte reexaminations as powerful tools for ...

After the Patent Trial and Appeal Board made the Apple v Fintiv ruling precedential in 2020, ex-parte reexamination filings surged. Patent challengers submitted 326 of these requests at the USPTO in ...

Jonathan Bowser of Haynes Boone discusses the USPTO's new "Pre-Order Procedure" for ex parte reexaminations, and its controversial waiver of rules that previously limited patent owner participation.

“Under proposed Section 2.92, an expungement or reexamination proceeding will only be instituted for a good/service for which a prima facie case of relevant nonuse has been established. The ...

So much happened on Good Friday with A.A.R.P. v. Trump that one item has slipped through the cracks. The ACLU made a request for an injunction after hours on the voicemail of Judge Hendrix's chambers.

Joel Brandes poses for a photograph at the New York State Court of Appeals on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016, in Albany, N.Y. (Photo/Hans Pennink) Every lawyer who ever litigated a case knows that a motion ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us many lessons. Closing New York courts to the public and conducting court appearances and trials virtually using Microsoft Teams and telephone conferencing has ...

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