On September 29, 2012, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company filed CBM2012-00010 and CBM2012-00011 against Progressive Casualty Insurance Company on U.S. Patent Nos. 7124088 and 7124088.
Monthly Archives: September 2012
September 28, 2012 IPR2012-00022 Was Finally Accorded a Filing Date
On September 28, 2012 Ariosa Diagnostics’s IPR2012-00022 filed September 17, 2012, was finally accorded a filing date. Bbecause of discrepancies between the Exhibit List and the exhibits as filed, and because the petitioner’s applicable addresses (e-mail, postal and hand-delivery) and phone numbers were not included in the Petition, nor were the lead and back-up counsel clearly designated in the Petition, in accordance with 37 C.F.R. §42.8(b)(4) and §42.8(b)(3), the Ariosa was given one month to make corrections.
PRACTICE TIP: Make sure that you use the PTAB’s Exhibit Number Scheme, and remember that Mandatory Notices are in fact mandatory.
September 27, 2012, Four More IPR Filings
On September 26, 2012, Nissan North America, Inc., filed IPR2012-00035 IPR2012-00037 against Jackson walker LLP on U.S. Patent Nos. 5411797 and 5478650 Synopsys, Inc., also filed IPR2012-00041 and IPR2012-00042 agaomst Mentor Graphics Corporation on U.S. Patent Nos. 6947882 and 6240376.
September 24, 2012, One More IPR Filing
On September 24, 2012, SONY CORPORATION filed PR2012-00033 against Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox PLLC on U.S. Patent No. 6054337.
September 21, 2012, Another CBM Filed
On September 21, 2012, CRS Advanced Technology, Inc .filed CBM2012-00005 against Frontline Technologies, Inc.on U.S. Patent No. 6675151.
September 19, 2012, Another CBM Filed
On September 19, 2012, INTERTHINX, INC., filed CBM2012-00007 against Oblon Spivak on U.S. Patent No. 5361201.
September 18, 2012 Two More IPR Filings
On September 18, 2012, Microsoft Corporation filed a petition for Inter Partes Review against U.S. Patent No. 6757717. [IPR2012-00026]. Idle Free Systems filed a petition for Inter Partes Review against U.S. Patent No. 7591303 against [IPR2012-00027].
September 17, 2012, Five More IPR Filings
On September 17, 2012, Intellectual Ventures Management, LLC, filed IPR2012-00018 and IPR2012-00019 against Haynes and Boone, LLP on U.S. Patent Nos. 7,566,960 and 8,062,968, and IPR2012-00020 and IPR2012-00022 against Xilinx, Inc. on U.S. Patent No. 8058897 and 7994609. Ariosa Diagnostics filed IPR 2012-00022 against Isis Innovation Limited on U.S. Patent No. 6,258,540.
September 16, 2012, the First Four CBM Filed
On September 16, 2012, the first four CBM filings were made. SAP America, Inc., filed CBM2012-00001 against Versata Software, Inc on U.S. Patent No. 6553350. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company filed CBM2012-00002, CBM2012-00003, CBM2012-00004 against James Wamsley on U.S. Patent Nos. 6064970, 8140358 and 6064970.
September 16, 2012, The First Five IPRs Filed
On September 16, 2012, Garmin International filed the first IPR, IPR2012-00001, against Cuozzo Speed Technologies LLC on U.S. Patent No. 6,778074. Macauto U.S.A. filed IPR2012-00004 against Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. on U.S. Patent No. 6,422,291. Nichia Corporation filed IRP2012-0005 against Emcore Corporation on U.S. Patent No. 6,653,215. Illunina, Inc, filed IPR2012-00006 and IPR2012-00007 against the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York on U.S. Patent Nos. 7,713,698 and 7,790.869.