The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has now made another rules change to counter the charge that it is a patent “death squad.” The upcoming change to the rules governing inter partes reviews (IPRs) and post-grant...more
All final written decisions in inter partes reviews (IPRs) suffer from a constitutional defect according to a recent decision of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. The decision suggests that the constitutional problem may...more
The Patent Office has proposed new rules that may help patent owners avoid invalidation by amending patent claims in inter partes reviews (IPRs). When IPRs first became available, patent owners criticized the Patent Office...more
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has recently issued a precedential decision relating to an important but long unresolved issue that commonly arises during depositions in inter partes reviews and similar proceedings...more