On October 10, 2018, the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) published a final rule that changes the current “broadest reasonable interpretation” or BRI standard used in inter partes review (IPR), post grant...more
10/12/2018
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In a pair of decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the inter partes review (IPR) process created by the America Invents Act but required the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) to make a...more
5/4/2018
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SAS Institute Inc. v Iancu ,
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Wi-Fi One, LLC v. Broadcom Corp., Nos. 2015-1944, -1945, -1946 (Fed. Cir., issued Jan. 8, 2018) -
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, sitting en banc, held for the first time that time-bar determinations in...more