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David Gosse

Sr. Licensing Attorney, Business Group IP

Nokia Technologies

David Gosse is Sr. Licensing Attorney, Business Group IP with Nokia Technologies.  David  manages and resolves complex patent disputes for Nokia, leveraging his expertise in patent law and litigation to negotiate pre-litigation agreements and litigation settlements. Prior to joining Nokia, Dave spent over a decade in private practice, where he handled both district court litigation and Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) proceedings. As an adjunct professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law, Dave teaches “Oral Advocacy for the IP Lawyer,” where he prepares the next generation of attorneys by coaching them through a series of simulated IP arguments.

Recent Articles by David Gosse

PTAB Judges Should Call Balls and Strikes, Not Throw Curve Balls

The America Invents Act (AIA) outlines an adversarial, inter partes, process for reviewing patents and determining their validity. Patent owners deserve a fair process, presided over by entirely neutral decision makers. But AIA trials are corrupted when judges at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) expand the trial proceedings to address invalidity grounds beyond those asserted in the IPR petition. When considering whether appellate review is available to prevent the PTAB from invalidating patent claims based on grounds not asserted in the petition, however, different Federal Circuit panels have arrived at different outcomes.

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