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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.