January 09, 2026
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires on Friday designated four decisions on discretionary denials at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board precedential and another nine informative.
July 08, 2025
Acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart inundated the patent community in May and June with dozens of rulings altering the landscape of discretionary denials at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Here, Law360 goes through what you should know.
June 13, 2025
The acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director issued more than a dozen discretionary denial decisions on Thursday and Friday, where she ruled largely in favor of the challenger, made clear that challenges to young patents have a huge advantage and brought in a denial based on assignor estoppel.
May 21, 2025
Tesla Inc. has argued that "national security interests" support its Patent Trial and Appeal Board challenge to a digital camera patent that it's accused of infringing, urging the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's acting director to reject the patent owner's bid to toss the challenge under new board procedures.
March 31, 2025
Intellectual Ventures II LLC wants the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to reject Tesla's bid to have the board examine a digital camera patent, pointing to a recent memo from the acting director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office saying she and other board judges will review petitions to determine whether they should be denied for discretionary reasons.