As a Patent Owner in an instituted
Inter Partes Reviews
( IPR ), one of the first and most critical tasks before
you is deposing the Petitioner s witnesses, including its
experts. But approaching an IPR deposition like a typical
litigation deposition could be a big mistake.
Unlike a typical litigation deposition, where one thoroughly
probes a witness on all relevant issues to gain a better
understanding of what the deponent knows, an IPR deposition needs
to be treated more like a cross-examination at trial. This is
because the IPR witness has already provided his or her testimony
in the IPR through a declaration and, under normal
As a Patent Owner in an instituted
Inter Partes Reviews (“IPR”), one of the first and most critical tasks before you is deposing the Petitioner’s witnesses, including its experts. But approaching an IPR deposition like a typical litigation deposition could be a big mistake.
Unlike a typical litigation deposition, where one thoroughly probes a witness on all relevant issues to gain a better understanding of what the deponent knows, an IPR deposition needs to be treated more like a cross-examination at trial. This is because the IPR witness has already provided his or her testimony in the IPR through a declaration and, under normal circumstances, the witness will typically not be allowed to provide additional testimony to bolster the Petitioner’s arguments that is, unless that additional testimony is provided during the deposition. Therefore, when deposing a witness in an instituted IPR, it is important to strike a delicate balance between undermining the opposing side’s a
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