Overview
Sheppard Mullin is uniquely positioned to counsel clients on how best to leverage all forms of post-grant proceedings as an element of their overall intellectual property strategy. Our Post-Grant Proceedings team is comprised of skilled patent litigators and prosecutors with deep technical backgrounds and extensive experience before the United States Patent & Trademark Office and before the Courts. Team members guide clients through complex post-grant proceedings, including traditional ex parte reexaminations, inter partes reexaminations, reissues and interferences, as well as the new inter partes review (IPR), post-grant review, covered business methods review, supplemental examination, and derivation proceedings established under the America Invents Act (AIA).
Our attorneys use post-grant proceedings as a means to prevent potential or threatened litigation, and in connection with offensive or defensive litigation strategies. We help patent owners and those accused of infringement navigate these complex proceedings before the USPTO to achieve our clients' business objectives.
The AIA contested proceedings share many features with district court litigation and the prior USPTO interference and inter partes reexamination practices, which are being phased out. Some of the similarities include the use of technical expert witnesses, opportunities for document discovery, depositions, motion practice, and sanctions. Success in these proceedings thus requires a sophisticated blend of USPTO and patent litigation experience. Sheppard Mullin’s Post-Grant Proceedings team has deep experience in both, a rare combination today.
Insights
Articles
Blogs
- Visit our Intellectual Property Law Blog
- "Patent Trial & Appeal Board Institutes 17 Inter Partes Reviews for TCL Communication Technology Holdings, LTD.," March 30, 2016
- "Federal Circuit Limits Estoppel Provision of the AIA," March 29, 2016
- "Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Sides With PTAB in Inter Partes Review Appeal,"February 5, 2015
- "Versata Software, Inc. v. Callidus Software, Inc.: Guidance on Stays Pending Post-Issuance Proceedings," November 24, 2014
- "Belkin International, Inc. v. Kappos - A Cautionary Tale in the Intricate Arena of Inter PartesReexamination," October 10, 2012
- "What You Need to Know About the New Inter Partes Review Process," August 24, 2012
- "Patent Reform," April 19, 2011
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Attorneys
- Martin Bader
- Harper Batts
- Kwan-Ho (Alex) Chung, Ph.D.
- Dan (Becky) Du
- Darren M. Franklin
- James G. Gatto
- Don Geiger
- Eric K. Gill
- Michael K. Heins
- David E. Heisey
- James Y. Hurt
- Stephen S. Korniczky
- Michael C. Krill
- Jonathan Marina
- Robert M. Masters
- Joy Nemirow
- Don J. Pelto
- Chris Ponder
- Jesse A. Salen
- Steven G. Schortgen
- Ericka J. Schulz
- Marc A. Sockol
- James W. Soong
- Lorna L. Tanner
- Joshua Weisenfeld
- Daniel N. Yannuzzi
- Samantha Young