Wolters Kluwer | New USPTO Leadership Takes Steps That Seem to Downplay PTAB, Curtain Inter Partes Review

Alston & Bird has named partner Natalie Clayton as the head of its Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical & Life Sciences Patent Litigation Team, effective immediately.

Alston & Bird attorneys in the firm’s Intellectual Property Post Grant Proceedings Team have published a third edition of their book on navigating post-grant proceedings of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).

Alston & Bird client Ford Motor Co. prevailed in a patent suit at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) over claims by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) accusing the company of allegedly infringing technology in its EcoBoost® engines.

For the third consecutive year, Alston & Bird has been recognized by Patexia Inc. as a market leader representing both petitioners and patent owners in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings.