PTAB COMMITTEE EXPLORES LATEST PTAB POP PANEL DECISION ON TIMING OF FEDWIRE TRANSFER FOR PURPOSES OF PTAB PROCEEDINGS

Please join the PTAB Committee for its February 2022 Monthly Committee meeting, on Tuesday, February 1, at 4:00 p.m. ET, where former PTAB APJ Brian Murphy, partner at Haug Partners LLC, will discuss the most recent PTAB POP Panel Decision in Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. v. Monument Peak Venture, LLC, IPR 2021-00330, Paper No. 20 (PTAB Jan. 14, 2022). 

In Toshiba America, the POP Panel addressed the question:

Does Fedwire confirmation of payment constitute sufficient evidence of payment under 35 U.S.C. § 312(a) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.103(a)? 

In this Precedential Decision, the Panel concluded “a Fedwire confirmation of payment constitutes sufficient evidence of payment under 35 U.S.C. § 312(a) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.103(a).”