A Closer Look at the PTAB’s New Post-Issuance Review Procedures

Arguably no other recent change to the U.S. patent system has created the same level of upheaval as the new post-issuance review procedures at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The growth in filings of inter partes reviews and, to a lesser extent, covered business method reviews has transformed the dynamic of patent litigation in the United States. Filing a review has now become one of the main defensive weapons for a company facing an infringement suit from a patent owner. In this roundtable a group of U.S. patent attorneys, including Finnegan's Aaron J. Capron and Kathleen A. Daley, discuss how the new reviews are changing the U.S. patent landscape.

This article first appeared in Intellectual Asset Management issue 76, published by Globe Business Media Group - IP Division. To view the issue in full, please go to www.IAM-media.com.