The PTO has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding who may represent parties in PTAB post-grant trials. The proposal is part of the USPTO's wider initiative to expand access to practice before the Office.
In inter partes review proceedings, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board has historically been reticent to consider arguments raised for the first time in a petitioner's reply.
In its newest complaint, filed by Ramey LLP in the Western District of Texas, CLOUD SYSTEMS HOLDCO IP LLC (CSHIP) states, "The Accused Instrumentality is Google Smart Home".
Not only are there rumors that the Senate IP Subcommittee may be a matter of several weeks away from marking up the PREVAIL Act and voting it out of committee, but the USPTO has finally issued an NPRM relating to patent challenges at the PTAB.
Founding Open Source Zone Members OIN, The Linux Foundation, and Microsoft Mark Five Years of Successes in Protecting Open Source Software from Patent Assertion Entities