Inter partes reviews (IPRs)—and other post-grant patent review proceedings at the US Patent and Trademark Office—have survived another constitutional challenge. The Supreme Court held that the authority historically exercised...more
6/23/2021
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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
The Supreme Court recently held that a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) determination on whether a petition for an inter partes review (IPR) was filed on time is not appealable. The relevant provision of patent law...more
By denying rehearing of a judicial panel’s original decision in Arthrex v. Smith & Nephew, et al., the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals as a whole has effectively confirmed that inter partes reviews (IPRs) have been...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