How to challenge patents (with lower costs)

What are less expensive ways to challenge patents? As a patent attorney, it’s my job to protect innovation. Innovation is wonderful, but so is fair competition. Competition, in general, is good for consumers because it raises the level of quality and lowers prices. Fair competition respects the valid IP rights of innovators. Just as there […]

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What is required in a petition for IPR?

What are IPR petition requirements? IPR stands for Inter Partes Review which is a proceeding held before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the USPTO to challenge the validity of a patent. A petition for IPR must meet certain statutory requirements and include the following contents: payment of the USPTO fee; identification of all […]

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