Partner Jason Hoffman was quoted in a Law360 article titled “USPTO Clamping Down Reexam Bids After IPR Denials.” Published June 8, 2026, the article addresses recent U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) decisions denying ex parte reexamination requests where similar invalidity arguments had previously been raised in inter partes review petitions that were discretionarily denied.
Jason discussed the strategic significance of the development, noting that “a threshold denial in one proceeding is now dispositive in another,” and that the decisions reflect the USPTO’s broader “one bite at the apple” approach to repeated patent challenges.
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