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Centripetal Networks is supporting New Vision Gaming & Development's appeal involving claims that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board has a "structural bias" in favor of granting patent reviews, saying Tuesday the board's lack of transparency violates patent owners' due process rights.

Recently retired Federal Circuit Judge Kathleen M. O'Malley said Tuesday the Patent Trial and Appeal Board is a far cry from what she imagined it would become, but that U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Kathi Vidal seems determined to fix some of its problems.

Delaware Chief U.S. District Judge Colm Connolly wants VLSI Technology LLC and Intel Corp. to address in December whether he should dismiss the licensing company's infringement suit against the chipmaker for failing to disclose VLSI's true owners.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Kathi Vidal said Thursday she is rethinking several policies, including the director review process, and hinted that updated guidance is coming down the pike on things like joinder and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's discretion to deny patent reviews.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Kathi Vidal on Thursday threw her support behind a burgeoning effort to coordinate with the World Intellectual Property Organization on ways to encourage mediation and arbitration to end standard essential patent disputes.

Former U.S. Patent and Trademark Office directors, Federal Circuit judges and a U.S. Chamber of Commerce official kicked off a new bipartisan coalition this week that aims to counter misinformation they say has led to the steady erosion of the U.S. intellectual property system.

Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to weigh in on the jurisdictional reach of U.S. trademark law in a $113 million trademark case over radio control systems that could determine whether the Lanham Act's scope extends outside the U.S.

A Patent Trial and Appeal Board panel on Thursday called into question VLSI Technology LLC's $2.18 billion jury win against Intel as it grilled attorneys for both companies over the tech giant's challenge to one of two microchip patents involved in the enormous verdict.

New Vision Gaming & Development Inc. got support for its renewed argument at the Federal Circuit that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board has a "structural bias" in favor of granting patent reviews, with two amicus briefs filed this week arguing that financial incentives built into the board's structure violate due process rights.

Intel Corp. has asked the Federal Circuit to reverse a $2.175 billion jury verdict — one of the largest patent verdicts ever — for infringing two VLSI Technology LLC chip patents, saying it should be tossed out because the district court allowed impermissible damages evidence.