The new firm is a ‘great business choice’ for companies looking for a more efficient and cost-effective way to handle the faster IPRs rather than a huge litigation team, Wilson added…. "We are not chained to the billable hour," Armond said.
Former co-chair of Knobbe Martens’ Patent Office Litigation practice group Michelle Armond has left the firm to open a new boutique along with Texas-based IP trial attorney Doug Wilson.
“The Lectrosonics decision, coupled with the Board’s recent announcement of a motion to amend patent pilot program, shows that the Board is looking for a fresh start on motions to amend,” said Michelle Armond.
Whether the pilot program will stick around after the Board reviews it, [Michelle Armond] noted the “only thing you can say with certainty with IPR proceedings is they’re going to change.”
“What they’re trying to do is set some standards, because there’s a lot of variation right now on this very critical issue about printed publication,” said Michelle Armond.
“The Federal Circuit is trying to tease out the difference between [a real-party-in-interest and a privy],” said Michelle Armond. “They have set forth some different standards, but this area of law is very much evolving.”