Intellectual Property
Jul. 11, 2014
Administrative patent judges: not your typical federal judge
As the numbers of petitions for USPTO trials filed have increased, little attention has been focused on a related and equally rapidly growing number: that of the administrative patent judges deciding these cases. By Jennifer R. Bush
Jennifer R. Bush
Associate
Fenwick & West LLP
Email: jbush@fenwick.com
Jennifer's practice focuses primarily on PTAB trials and patent litigation.
In the less than two years since the institution of trials before the United States Patent and Trademark Office made available by the America Invents Act, a close watch has been kept over the statistics for these trials, which include inter partes reviews, covered business methods, and post-grant reviews. However, as the numbers of petitions for USPTO trials filed have increased, little attention has been focused on a related and equally rapi...
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