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The Reexamination Center Executive Interview: Richard Levick on “Reexaminations and the Media”

Reexaminations can have huge collateral impact on patent owners, alleged infringers, and other stakeholders and interested parties. It thus behooves all involved to be aware of the public impact of reexaminations and how best to manage and react to public scrutiny. We are most pleased to be able to address this topic in this interview with Richard Levick, Founder and CEO of Levick Strategic Communications (www.levick.com).

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92%

Percentage of ex parte requests that are granted substantive reexamination by the CRU.

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In re Swanson, 540 F.3d. 1368 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (Download PDF)

In re Portola Packaging, Inc., 110 F.3d 786 (Fed. Cir. 1997) (Download PDF)

In re Recreative Technologies, 83 F.3d 1394, 1397 (Fed. Cir. 1996) (Download PDF)

KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc. (KSR), US Supreme Court (2007) (Download PDF)

H.R. Rep. No. 107-120, at 2. Substantial New Question of Patentability (Download PDF)

Sundance, Inc. v. Demonte Fabricating LTD. (Fed. Cir. Dec. 24, 2008) (Download PDF)

Senate Bill S515 Post Grant Review (“PGR”) (Download PDF)

In re Bilski, 545 F.3d 943, 88 U.S.P.Q.2d 1385 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (Download PDF)

In re Seagate Technology, LLC, 497 F.3d 1360 (Fed. Cir. 2007) (Download PDF)