Robert Nai-Shu Kang

Party Sanctioned For Providing Confidential Transcript Of Deposition Taken In PTAB Proceeding With Counsel At Same Firm Who Were Working On Parallel District Court Litigation

Board Institutes Over Patent Owner Particularity And Word Count Objections

A Large Number Of Means-Plus-Function Limitations Justifies Parallel Petitions Challenging Different Claims Of Same Patent On Same Grounds

Parallel Petitions On The Same Challenged Patent Instituted Where One Petition Was Based On An Earlier Related Patent That Lacked Written Description Support For The Later Challenged Claims

Board Institutes In Spite Of Fintiv Even Though The WDTX Trial Was Scheduled To Complete First And The Court Had Already Reached A Markman Decision

AAPA Cannot Be "Basis" For IPR, Even If Combined With Prior Art Patents Or Publications

Fintiv Does Not Apply To Remanded Decisions

Rehearing Granted And IPR Instituted Because Board Improperly Placed Burden Of Disproving Priority Date Of Challenged Patent On Petitioner

Parallel District Court Proceedings Against Petitioner's Customers Do Not Bar Institution Under Fintiv

District Court Awards §285 Sanctions Against Patent Owner For Arguments Made To PTAB In Preliminary Response