In 2021, following the Supreme Court’s Arthrex decision, the PTO issued an interim procedure for requesting Director Review. The PTO has now issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) formalizing the Director Review...more
This ruling may have eliminated the practice of transferring patents to Native American tribes for immunization from IPR proceedings.
The Federal Circuit, in a matter of first impression, has ruled that tribal sovereign...more
A Covered Business Method (“CBM”) patent review permits a petitioner to challenge a patent having claims “used in the practice, administration, or management of a financial product or service,” and that do not claim a...more