PTAB Invalidates Purple Leaf Patents Following IPR Challenges from Askeladden
The Patent Trial and Appeals Board found the claims of the two payments-related patents to be unpatentable.
PTAB Grants Askeladden's Request for IPR of Verify Smart Patent
Askeladden asserted that the patent's claims related to identity verification in electronic transactions are invalid as obvious.
Askeladden Files Amicus Brief in Oil States v. Greene’s Energy Group
Argues that IPR and CBM processes play a critical role in improving patent quality.
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Rethinking Article III Standing in IPR Appeals at the Federal Circuit
June 11, 2018
When Congress grants a petitioner in an IPR proceeding the right to petition the government to seek specific relief, and when the government (arguably improperly) denies such relief, the denial of such relief is a sufficient injury in fact to provide the Courts with constitutional authority under Article III to hear appeal from that denial by the unsuccessful petitioner.
Askeladden Advocates against Tribal Sovereign Immunity for Inter Partes Review Proceedings
May 21, 2018
Submitted amicus brief in support of PTAB’s decision finding tribal sovereign immunity inapplicable in six IPRs involving Restasis® patents
PTAB Finds N5 Technologies Patent to be Unpatentable Following Challenge from Askeladden
April 25, 2018
Askeladden successfully proves that all eleven claims of the mobile authentication patent were unpatentable.
Askeladden Petitions for Review of Digital Verification Systems Patent
March 7, 2018
Argues that prior art renders all claims anticipated or obvious.
PTAB Denies St. Regis Mohawk Tribe’s Request for Sovereign Immunity in Challenges of Restasis Patents
Askeladden filed an amicus brief arguing against applicability of tribal sovereign immunity in IPR proceedings.
February 15, 2018
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board found the claims of the two payments-related patents to be unpatentable.
