Federal Circuit rules against PTAB “Chewbacca defenses”
By American standards, European patent oppositions lack legal protections. By contrast, US PTAB patent trials don’t allow last minute “Chewbacca defenses”.
Litigation
Oracle vs Google Java API case: blurring the distinction between patents and copyrights
Why extending copyright to Java API is both wrong and dangerous.
Impressions on the new (post AIA) Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) patent trial format
When compared to European patent oppositions, PTAB methods look great because they employ a number of legal protections lacking in the European system.