Gregory S. Rabin
McDermott Will & Emery
Articles
No Markman prior to oral argument in IPR
USA - February 25 2015 Addressing whether the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) will conduct a separate Markman hearing prior to an oral argument in an Inter Partes…
No early peek of cross-examination documents
USA - February 25 2015 Addressing patent owner’s challenge to the accuracy of the translation of a foreign language reference that was relied upon in a petition for covered…
District court action dismissed without prejudice does not bar filing of IPR petition
USA - January 29 2015 Addressing whether a district court action dismissed without prejudice bars a filing of an Inter Partes Review (IPR) petition under 35 U.S.C. §…
Prior art reference does not “teach away” if it fails to criticize, disclaim or discourage the claimed technique
USA - December 30 2014 Addressing the obviousness issue whether an asserted secondary reference impermissibly changes the principle of operation of a primary reference, the…
High evidentiary threshold for diligence in reducing invention to practice
USA - November 26 2014 Addressing the evidentiary threshold to show diligence in constructive or actual reduction to practice between the date of a prior art reference and…
