by Vishal Khatri | Aug 23, 2019 | Evidentiary Issues, ITC News
In a recent decision, the PTAB decided to institute an IPR despite Patent Owner’s claims that Petitioner engaged in gamesmanship and asserted references and combinations that were cumulative of each other by relying on several prior art references that were at issue in the IPR petitions to prove invalidity in the ITC.
by Vishal Khatri | Apr 11, 2019 | ITC News
On April 1, 2019, Chairman David S. Johanson announced that Judge Cameron Elliot has joined the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”) as an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”). ALJ Elliot joins ALJs Bullock, Shaw, Lord, McNamara, and Cheney as the sixth ALJ at the ITC.
by David Maiorana | Feb 21, 2019 | Enforcement, ITC News
The ITC recently issued a Seizure and Forfeiture Order in response to an attempted importation of “ink cartridges and components thereof” subject to a General Exclusion Order (“GEO”) issued May 26, 2016.
by Blaney Harper | Feb 5, 2019 | ITC News
by Vishal Khatri | Jan 24, 2019 | ITC News
2018 marked one of the busiest fiscal years at the International Trade Commission (“ITC”). It is currently handling more active investigations than ever before. The government shutdown may affect this trend in 2019.
by Blaney Harper | Oct 1, 2018 | ITC News
Notices recently issued by ALJ Bullock indicate that ALJ Pender “has returned to the Commission” and certain previously assigned investigations were therefore reassigned to him.