PTAB Practitioner's Series: The Evolving Practice of Discretionary Institutions Based on Parallel Litigation

Jonathan Bowser and Angela Oliver, attorneys at Haynes and Boone LLP, will explore discretionary institution strategies before the PTAB under Fintiv. In this webinar, Bowser and Oliver will provide guidance on successful strategies for addressing the Fintiv factors from the perspective of both petitioners and patent owners. They will also discuss the evolution of PTAB decisions addressing the use of stipulations to avoid discretionary denials based on the state of parallel litigation.

In August 2021, Bowser coauthored an article, “IPR tricks of the trade: use of stipulations to overcome a Fintiv challenge in patent litigation” with David McCombs and Eugene Goryunov, his colleagues at Haynes and Boone. The article was published on Reuters.com.

Jonathan Bowser is a registered patent attorney focusing on patent litigation disputes before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and federal district courts. Jonathan has been counsel in more than 100 AIA trials before the PTAB,…