Patent filings began picking up again this week after a slow start in the new year in both the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and district courts. The PTAB had a busy week with 31 new filings one Post Grant Review (PGR) and the rest Inter Partes Reviews (IPRs).
In early May, BlackBerry completed the sale of "substantially all of its non-core patents and patent applications" to Malikie Innovations Limited—a subsidiary of Irish patent monetization firm.
RPX's prior coverage extensively details the Federal Circuit's recurring objections to Judge Albright's application of the convenience transfer factors.
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit granted a mandamus petition after analyzing the Fifth Circuit’s public and private interest factors for transfer motions and ordered the.