In late 2022, the United States Government Accountability Office ("GAO") released its comprehensive study on transparency in the oversight of judicial decision-making at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's ("USPTO") Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
OpenSky failed to respond to Director Vidal’s discovery order that set forth litigation-type interrogatories and document requests regarding OpenSky’s formation and business plan, identification of the real-party-in-interest in the IPR, and the purpose of OpenSkys Petition.
In Zynga Inc. v. IGT, IPR2022-00199, Paper 17 (Aug. 22, 2022), the Director of the USPTO granted sua sponte Director review and affirmed the decision granting Zynga's inter partes review ("IPR") petition.
With exports flagging and US techno-nationalism on the rise, China’s economic predicament is being compared to that of 1990s Japan and the resulting stagnation. But unlike Japan, China still has plenty of room to grow effective investments and boost household consumption under its internal circulation strategy.
I have a life sciences litigation practice with a focus on patent contentious proceedings (PTAB, district court, and on appeal to the Federal Circuit). Since the beginning of my career.