
Insights
Insights
Blog March 31, 2025
What to Know About the PTAB’s Discretionary Denial Shakeups
Post-Grant Report March 5, 2025
2024 Post-Grant Annual Report
Webinar January 8, 2025
2024 Post-Grant Year in Review
Article November 20, 2024
How a Second Trump Presidency Could Shape IP
Blog April 22, 2024
Legal Alert: USPTO Issues Proposed Rules on Discretionary Denial in PTAB Proceedings
Blog April 17, 2024
Legal Alert: USPTO Issues Proposed Rules on Director Review
Post-Grant Report January 17, 2024
2023 Post-Grant Annual Report
Webinar January 17, 2024
Post-Grant 2023 Year in Review
Blog October 17, 2023
USPTO Issues Proposed Rules on Pre-Issuance Internal Circulation and Review of PTAB Decisions
Blog April 26, 2023
Legal Alert: USPTO Issues Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for PTAB Proceedings
Post-Grant Report February 28, 2023
2022 Post-Grant Annual Report
Webinar January 31, 2023
Post-Grant for Practitioners | 2022 Year in Review
Article December 22, 2022
A Look Back on a Decade of Practice at the PTAB
Post-Grant Report February 7, 2022
2021 Post-Grant Annual Report
News
News December 17, 2024
Principal Karl Renner Named Patent Prosecutor of the Year by the Bar Association of the District of Columbia
News October 4, 2024
Fish & Richardson Ranked Highly by Managing IP; Attorneys Named IP Stars
News June 11, 2024
Fish & Richardson Receives Top Rankings in 2024 Edition of IAM Patent 1000: The World's Leading Patent Professionals
News October 5, 2023
Fish & Richardson Ranked Highly by Managing IP; Attorneys Named IP Stars
News June 27, 2023
Fish & Richardson Receives Top Rankings in 2023 Edition of IAM Patent 1000: The World's Leading Patent Professionals
News March 2, 2023
Lex Machina Ranks Fish & Richardson Most Active Firm for Patent Defense and PTAB Work
News September 8, 2022
Fish & Richardson Receives Top Rankings in 2022 Edition of IAM Patent 1000: The World's Leading Patent Professionals
News June 21, 2022
PTAB Pro Bono Program Launches
News June 2, 2022
Fish & Richardson Named a Top ITC and Life Sciences Firm by Managing IP; Attorneys Named IP Stars
News May 25, 2022
Lex Machina Lists Fish & Richardson as Most Active Firm for Defendants and at the PTAB
News March 21, 2022
Fish Tops List of Most Active Firms for Patent Defense and PTAB Petitioner Work in 2021
News February 28, 2022
Fish & Richardson Shortlisted for 2022 Managing IP Americas Awards
News July 7, 2021
Fish & Richardson Receives Top Rankings in 2021 Edition of IAM Patent 1000: The World's Leading Patent Professionals
News May 18, 2021
Fish & Richardson Principal Karl Renner Named President of the PTAB Bar Association
News January 25, 2021
Fish & Richardson Named #1 PTAB Law Firm of 2020 by Managing Intellectual Property
News August 24, 2020
Fish & Richardson Ranked #1 PTAB Law Firm in the U.S. for First Half of 2020 by Managing Intellectual Property
News August 12, 2020
Fish & Richardson Receives Top "Gold" Ranking from IAM Patent 1000 for National Litigation Practice; National Rankings in the Plaintiff Firm and Prosecution...
News August 4, 2020
32 Fish & Richardson Attorneys Named 2020 "IP Stars" by Managing Intellectual Property Magazine
News March 9, 2020
Fish & Richardson Named Most Active Law Firm at Patent Trial and Appeal Board for Fourth Consecutive Year
News June 20, 2019
Fish & Richardson Receives Top “Gold” Ranking from IAM Patent 1000 for National Patent Litigation Practice
News May 22, 2019
Fish & Richardson Announces 32 Attorneys Named "IP Stars" by Managing Intellectual Property Magazine
News April 3, 2019
Fish Marks 1,000 Appearances at the PTAB
News February 26, 2019
Fish & Richardson Named Top PTAB Firm of 2018 by Managing Intellectual Property
Media Coverage January 23, 2019
Reviewing 'A Tremendous Year of Change' for the PTAB
Managing Intellectual Property
Media Coverage January 3, 2019
What To Expect After Year Of Change At The PTAB
Law360
Media Coverage September 14, 2018
Ruschke Leaves 'Big Shoes to Fill' for Next PTAB Chief Judge
Managing Intellectual Property
News August 10, 2018
Fish & Richardson Ranked Top Firm for Petitioners at the PTAB by Managing Intellectual Property
News June 14, 2018
Fish Receives Top "Gold" Ranking from IAM Patent 1000 for National Patent Litigation Practice
News May 21, 2018
Fish & Richardson Announces 39 Attorneys Named "IP Stars" by Managing Intellectual Property Magazine
Media Coverage April 30, 2018
PTAB Unveils AIA Review Plans After High Court Shakeup
Law360
Media Coverage April 26, 2018
SCOTUS Abolishes PTAB Practice Of Partial Claim Review
Managing Intellectual Property
Media Coverage February 23, 2018
Leading PTAB Atty Says Changes At Board Create Opportunity
Law360
News January 19, 2018
Fish & Richardson Named #1 PTAB Law Firm in the U.S. for 2017 by Managing Intellectual Property Magazine
News July 24, 2017
Fish & Richardson Receives Top "Gold" Ranking from IAM Patent 1000 for National Patent Litigation Practice
News June 23, 2017
Fish & Richardson Announces 36 Attorneys Named "IP Stars" by Managing Intellectual Property Magazine
Media Coverage May 1, 2017
4 Recent PTAB Decisions Attys Need To Know
Law360
News March 29, 2017
Fish & Richardson Wins "Case of the Year" Award and "U.S. Specialty IP Firm of the Year" Award by Managing Intellectual Property
Media Coverage March 7, 2017
Inter Partes Reviews Becoming Friendlier To Patent Owners
Law360
News February 17, 2017
Fish & Richardson Named #1 PTAB Law Firm in the U.S. for 2016 by Managing Intellectual Property Magazine
Media Coverage February 10, 2017
Once A Mystery, PTAB Remands Start To Take Shape
Law360
News June 29, 2016
Fish Receives Top Tier 1 National Rankings in Patent Prosecution and Patent Litigation from The Legal 500
News June 15, 2016
Fish & Richardson Named to IAM Patent 1000 for National Patent Litigation and Prosecution Practices
News April 8, 2016
Fish & Richardson Obtains Full Federal Circuit Reversal for Cutsforth, Inc. After Faulty Inter Partes Review
News January 26, 2016
Fish & Richardson Tops List of Busiest Firms at Patent Trial and Appeal Board
News February 17, 2015
Fish & Richardson Named #1 PTAB Law Firm in the U.S. for 2014 by Managing Intellectual Property
News December 16, 2014
Fish's Post-Grant Practice Co-Chairs Named as Intellectual Property Trailblazers by The National Law Journal
News November 13, 2014
Fish & Richardson Has Three Principals Named "Intellectual Property Trailblazers & Pioneers" by The National Law Journal
Media Coverage January 17, 2014
5 Tips For Killing Patents In AIA Reviews
Law360
Media Coverage April 22, 2013
Q&A With Fish & Richardson's Karl Renner
Law360
Media Coverage November 27, 2012
Kappos A Tough Act To Follow As USPTO Director
Law360
Events
February 21, 2024
IPBC Korea 2024
April 20, 2023
IPBC Korea 2023
April 28, 2022
PTAB Inventor Hour | Episode 7
March 24, 2022
2022 PTAB Bar Conference
December 2, 2021
American Conference Institute (ACI) - PTAB Practice Briefing
September 22, 2021
2021 PTAB Bar Annual Conference
January 28, 2021
2021 PTAB Bar Association Thought Leader Summit
September 24, 2020
2020 PTAB Bar Association Annual Conference
November 14, 2019
PTAB Bar Association Thought Leader Summit
July 24, 2019
Protecting Innovations in the Financial Services Industry
March 13, 2019
PTAB Bar Association 2019 Annual Conference
January 28, 2019
Informa: 2019 Drug Delivery Partnerships Conference
November 13, 2018
2018 PTAB Bar Association's Thought Leader Summit
November 13, 2018
IAM's Patent Law & Policy Seminar
October 24, 2018
IP Update: United States and China
July 25, 2018
World Congress' 15th Annual Summit on Protecting Innovations in the Financial Services Industry
March 22, 2018
PTAB Bar Association: 2018 Annual Conference
December 7, 2017
Momentum 2017 IP Counsel Exchange
December 6, 2017
Daily Journal 2017 SoCal Patent Disputes Forum
September 28, 2017
George Washington University School of Law: Third Annual GW Law Conference - Post-Grant Practice Roundtable Discussion
May 23, 2017
Momentum: 2017 IP Counsel Exchange San Jose
March 1, 2017
PTAB Bar Association Inaugural Conference
December 1, 2016
Momentum: 2016 IP Counsel Exchange
June 21, 2016
Association of Corporate Patent Counsel [ACPC] 2016 Summer Meeting
June 5, 2016
Consero IP Management Forum 2016
March 14, 2016
PLI USPTO Post-Grant Patent Trials 2016
June 7, 2015
Consero 2015 Global IP Management Forum
April 17, 2015
USPTO Post-Grant Patent Trials 2015
April 2, 2015
(CPA Global) Mid-Atlantic IP Forum: Innovating IP Management
March 26, 2015
USPTO Post-Grant Patent Trials
November 7, 2014
26th Annual All Hands Meeting
November 6, 2014
UT Law 19th Annual Advanced Patent Law Institute
May 6, 2014
PTAB AIA Trial Roundtables in Final Week - Hear from Fish Participants on May 14th
May 4, 2014
Global IP Management Forum
April 12, 2014
PTAB AIA Trial Roundtables
March 27, 2014
Inter Partes Review: Patent Owner's Perspective
February 27, 2014
The IP Counsel Exchange on Post-Grant Patent Challenges
January 22, 2014
ACI Patent Reform
January 8, 2014
Post-Grant for Practitioners Webinar Series Part XII: Inter Partes Review: The Year in Review
December 20, 2013
Inter Partes Review: The Year in Review
December 11, 2013
Part XI: Standing Before the Panel: Strategies for Post-Grant Oral Hearings
November 7, 2013
Challenging Validity in the Patent Office: A Look Back at the First Year, and a Look Ahead to Post-Grant Review and Potential Statutory Changes
November 5, 2013
Patent Dispute Forum 2013
September 11, 2013
Post-Grant for Practitioners Webinar Series Part VIII: Claim Amendments in Inter Partes Review: How? When? Why?
August 14, 2013
Webinar: Part VII: Inter Partes Review from the Patent Owner's Perspective
July 10, 2013
Post-Grant for Practitioners Webinar Series Part VI: Inter Partes Review - Claim Construction and Patent Owner Preliminary Response
June 25, 2013
Inter Partes Review: What Practitioners Need to Know About Using and Defending Against This New Tool
June 23, 2013
IP Management Forum
May 29, 2013
The IP Strategy Summit: Enforcement
May 8, 2013
Webinar: Conducting Trials in the PTAB
April 10, 2013
Webinar: Inter Partes Review and Covered Business Method Review - Recent Developments
February 8, 2013
U.S. Patent Law Developments 2009
September 19, 2012
Boston Breakfast Series: New Options for Challenging Patent Validity in the USPTO
October 24, 2011
U.S. Patent Law Developments 2011
April 22, 2010
Strategic Use of Patent Reexamination Seminar - Dallas
April 29, 2009
Inter Partes and Ex Parte Reexamination
Additional insights
Publications
- "IPR and PGR: A Complex and Shifting Landscape," Managing Intellectual Property(July 29, 2019)
- "To Reexamine or not to reexamine – A look beyond statistics to answer this question when facing a hostile patent," IP Law 360 (2009)
Speaking engagements
- "Apply Best Practices in Oral Arguments Before The PTAB," World Congress The 14th Annual Patents for Financial Services Summit (July 2017)
- "Focus on the PTAB – District Court Interplay: Timing, Discovery, Evidence, Claim Construction and the Management of Joint Patent Proceedings," Momentum: IP Counsel Exchange on Post-Grant Patent Challenges at the PTAB: San Jose (May 2016)
- "Discovery, Evidence, Claim Construction and Addressing Key Evidentiary Issues That Arise During the Co-Pendency of Counterpart Patent Proceedings," 2ndIP Counsel Exchange on Post-Grant Patent Challenges at the PTAB (March 2015)
- Co-Chaired Consero Group's "Post-Grant Executive Roundtable," (September 2014)
- "PTAB AIA Trial Roundtable," USPTO (May 2014)
- "AIA and Inter Partes Review," CPA Global Webinar (April 2014)
- "Challenging Patent Validity in the USPTO: Strategic Considerations in View of the USPTO's Final Rules - Inter Partes Review," Fish & Richardson Webinar (October 2013)
- "How Post-Grant Challenges Have Evolved From Proposed Rules to Practice," What European Companies Need to Know About the Extraordinary Changes in U.S. & European Patent Law (May 2013)
- "The America Invents Act: How Patent Reform Will Impact Your IP Strategy," 2012 Intellectual Property Forum (2012)
- "When/Whether/Why Defend Using Inter Partes Review? And What Should You Do To Galvanize Your Patents Against It?" 2012 Intellectual Property Forum (2012)
- "AIA: Post-Grant Proceedings in Comparison With German Post-Grant Proceedings," What European Companies Need to Know About the Extraordinary Changes in U.S. Patent Law: The AIA & New Legal Standards from the Supreme Court & CAFC (May 2012)
- "Of Inter Partes Reexamination and Inter Partes Review: Preparing for the Transition," American Conference Institute (March 2012)
- "Protecting & Monetizing Intellectual Property in Emerging Markets," Consero Corporate Counsel Forum (May 2011)
- "Strategies a Chinese Company Can Employ to Maximize the Value of a U.S. Patent Portfolio," Selling to the U.S. Market: What Chinese Companies Need to Know About U.S. Patent Law (April 2011)
- "A Conversation with the United States Patent and Trademark Office," CLE Series hosted by U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware and the Federal Bar Association (May 2010)
- "Positioning Your Reexamination for Success by Incorporating Procedural Requirements and Other Tactical Considerations into Your Advanced Strategy," ACI’s In-House Counsel Forum on Patent Reexamination (May 2009)
- Presented on various topics surrounding the basics of intellectual property protection, The University of Maryland’s Technology Start-up Bootcamp (2002-2009)
- "Developing a Practical Multi-Country Approach for Patent Enforcement, Litigation Management, and Execution," ACI, Global Patent Litigation Congress (November 2008)
- "Current Developments in Patent Applications, Appeals, Oppositions and Reexaminations," Fish & Richardson Seminar (October 2008)
- "The Convergence of IP Law and Business," SIGGRAPH Conference (August 2008)
- "Be strategic with your IP: Maximize its Value – An Opportunity and an Obligation," AeANET Retreat (2008)
- "Strategic Prosecution – Building a Litigation-worthy Patent Portfolio," Fish & Richardson Seminar: United States Patent Law and Litigation – Important Issues Professionals in South Korea Need to Know (December 2006)
- "Reexamination: Knowing When and How to Use This Strategic Defensive Weapon," IP Law & Business Presents Innovations in IP Litigation (December 2006)
- "Equipping business leaders to manage intellectual property issues," Executive MBA Annual Meeting (June 2006)
- "What VCs Need to Know About the Changing Patent Process & IP Protection," National Venture Capital Association (June 2005)
Media mentions
- "These Firms Are Leading In PTAB Work," Law360 (February 8, 2024)
- "Fish & Richardson Cashes in as Big Tech's Go-To Trial Law Firm," Bloomberg Law (April 27, 2023)
- "These Firms are Pulling in the Most PTAB Work," Law360 (February 15, 2023)
- "These IP Boutique Firms Are Dominating PTAB Work," Law360 (May 19, 2022)
- "4 Big Issues That Shaped The PTAB In 2021," Law360 (December 20, 2021)
- "PTAB Institution Rate Drops, Petitions Stay Steady In FY 2020," Law360 (October 26, 2020)
- "Coronavirus Q&A: Fish & Richardson's PTAB Group Co-Chair," Law360 (July 10, 2020)
- "What To Expect After Year of Change At The PTAB," Law360 (January 1, 2019)
- "Reviewing 'A Tremendous Year of Change' for the PTAB," Managing IP (January 2019)
- "PTAB Unveils AIA Review Plans After High Court Shakeup," Law360 (April 26, 2018)
- "SCOTUS Abolishes PTAB Practice of Partial Claim Review," Managing IP (April 25, 2018)
- "Tough Questions Await As PTAB Partial Reviews Get Boot," Law360 (April 24, 2018)
- "Leading PTAB Atty Says Changes at Board Create Opportunity," Law360 (February 2018)
- "3 Emerging Trends At The PTAB," Law360 (May 4, 2017)
- "Once A Mystery, PTAB Remands Start To Take Shape," Law360 (February 9, 2017)
- "The Shifting Demarcations of the Inequitable Conduct Doctrine," Forbes (June 17, 2011)