Nationally recognized as a top firm for PTAB litigation
- IP Stars, 2022
Our Post-Grant Proceedings Practice Group regularly represents both petitioners, in challenging patent validity, and patent owners, in defending patents, in matters before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). PTAB proceedings are administered in an expedited manner and serve as an alternative or complement to a U.S. district court or U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) proceeding where patent validity is at issue.
Our substantial district court and ITC patent trial experience, paired with our technical knowledge across a broad range of technologies and experience handling post-grant matters at the PTAB, yields teams with the skills and strategic thinking necessary to successfully navigate inter partes review (IPR) and post-grant review (PGR) proceedings at the PTAB.
In addition, we have significant experience in ex parte reexamination (EPR) proceedings before the USPTO, representing both third-party requesters seeking to challenge patent validity and patent owners defending the validity of their patents. Our experience advocating on behalf of clients on both sides of EPR proceedings provides valuable strategic insight into the opportunities, risks, and procedural nuances that can shape the outcome of these matters.
Our comprehensive appellate experience at the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court further facilitates our ability to effectively handle the unique procedural and substantive aspects of PTAB trials, EPR proceedings and related Federal Circuit appeals.
An in-depth knowledge of the laws, rules and decisions (from both the PTAB and the Federal Circuit) governing post-grant proceedings, combined with our substantial patent trial experience, allows our attorneys to offer unparalleled counseling to clients contemplating initiating a PTAB proceeding or EPR, as well as those defending their patents in such proceedings.
