PTAB: Initial Fallout from the New Director Guidance on Discretionary Denial of Institution
By EsqSocial Corporation 02/04/25
Last week, my partner Justin Krieger published an alert regarding Acting Director Stewart's new guidance on discretionary denial. Shortly thereafter, Acting Director Stewart issued a decision vacating institution of several previously-instituted IPR's. Motorola Solutions, Inc. v. Stellar, LLC., IPR2024-01205, -01206, -01207, -01208. As Justin suggested, the guidance will likely lead to more discretionary denials, and that result was confirmed by this decision....
By: Kilpatrick