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USPTO Proposes Rule to Require Statement of RPIs for All Ex Parte Reexam Requests

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today published a Federal Register Notice proposing to amend the rules of practice to require that third-party requests for ex parte re...

USPTO’s PTAB Rulemaking Signals a Major Shift in IPR Practice

The USPTO appears poised to finalize a significant revision to Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) practice. A final rule titled Revision to Rules of Practice Before the Patent Tr...

Anonymous No More: Real-Party Disclosure Comes to Ex Parte Reexamination

USPTO would require real-party-in-interest disclosure in every third-party ex parte reexamination request, extending the Director's RPI campaign. Continue reading this post on Pate...

Squires Says RPIs Must Be Named If They Can Control Cases

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director explained why he rejected Viance LLC's challenge of a Koppers Performance Chemicals Inc. patent, faulting Viance for failing to disclo...

Commenters Split on USPTO Proposal to Require RPI Disclosure for Reexams

Following the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) July 2026 proposal to require third-party requesters for ex parte reexamination (EPR) to identify all real parties in int...

New PTAB Petition Targets EverWave Patent in IPR2026-00469

A new inter partes review, IPR2026-00469, was filed at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board on September 3, 2026, opening what could become an important dispute for patent owners, pet...

Palo Alto Networks Launches PTAB Challenge in IPR2026-00432

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. has filed a new inter partes review petition at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, opening IPR2026-00432 on July 20, 2026. The proceeding puts at issue the...

Squires Grants 4 IPRs, Issues No Discretionary Denials

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires has granted four more petitions for inter partes review, bringing his institution rate to just shy of 30%.

The Survivors: IPR Petition Filings Stay Low and Highly Targeted in 2026

IPR filings are holding at historic lows through mid-2026. The petitions that remain form a smaller, highly targeted pool that still gets instituted. Continue reading this post on...

Palo Alto Networks Launches PTAB Challenge in IPR2026-00432

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. has filed a new inter partes review petition at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, opening IPR2026-00432 on July 20, 2026. The proceeding puts at issue the...

Squires Nixes PTAB Decision for Petitioner Due to Failure to Explain Inconsistencies with ITC

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director yesterday vacated a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) final written decision (FWD) due to its inconsistency with an Interna...

Apple Targets Patent in Newly Filed PTAB Review, IPR2026-00437

Apple has filed a new inter partes review petition at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, opening IPR2026-00437 on August 17, 2026. At this stage, the publicly available docket info...

USPTO Fee Setting Authority and PTAB Institution Reform

The Senate CR would extend USPTO fee setting authority only to December 11, putting renewal in play alongside PTAB discretionary denial reform. Continue reading this post on Patent...

Protecting Intellectual Property in the Digital Age!

In the rapidly changing digital environment, intellectual property protection has emerged as a top priority for both individuals and businesses. Intellectual property rights are se...

Foleon Opens PTAB Fight Over Digital Publishing Patent in IPR2026-00403

Foleon Inc. has launched a new inter partes review at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, filing IPR2026-00403 on July 16, 2026. The proceeding puts at issue a patent that appears t...

Squires Throws Out PTAB Ax Of Dermatology IP Upheld At ITC

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires threw out the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's finding that Biofrontera Inc. had shown that all the challenged claims of a Sun...

Dolby Heads to the PTAB in Newly Filed IPR2026-00448

A new inter partes review, IPR2026-00448, was filed on July 29, 2026, at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and is captioned Dolby Laboratories, Inc. For patent litigators and in-ho...

Apple Targets Patent in Newly Filed PTAB Review, IPR2026-00437

Apple has filed a new inter partes review petition at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, opening IPR2026-00437 on August 17, 2026. At this stage, the publicly available docket info...

Issa Hesitant to Renew USPTO Fee-Setting Authority Amid PTAB Changes

The House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet held an oversight hearing today to consider its role in ren...

Foleon Opens PTAB Fight Over Digital Publishing Patent in IPR2026-00403

Foleon Inc. has launched a new inter partes review at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, filing IPR2026-00403 on July 16, 2026. The proceeding puts at issue a patent that appears t...

Dolby Heads to the PTAB in Newly Filed IPR2026-00448

A new inter partes review, IPR2026-00448, was filed on July 29, 2026, at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and is captioned Dolby Laboratories, Inc. For patent litigators and in-ho...

Zoom Files PTAB Challenge in IPR2026-00411

Zoom Communications, Inc. has launched a new inter partes review proceeding at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, filing IPR2026-00411 on July 10, 2026. For patent litigators and i...

Proposed RFO Rule Would Create Procurement Integrity-Specific Process for Protecting or Releasing Contractors’ Proprieta...

Meta Opens New PTAB Challenge in IPR2026-00459

Meta Platforms, Inc. has launched a new inter partes review proceeding at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, filing IPR2026-00459 on August 26, 2026. The petition adds to the stead...