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Article III America Invents Act Appeals

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Speculation of Harm Isn’t Standing: Not Every Adverse Board Decision Is Ticket to Appeal

After assessing whether a patent owner had standing to appeal the Patent Trial & Appeal Board’s final written decision, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found no injury in fact to support Article III...more

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No More Bites at the Apple: Imminent and Non-Speculative Standing Still Required

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reiterated that a patent challenger did not have Article III appellate standing to obtain review of a final Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) ruling because the underlying...more

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No Competitor Standing for Appeal of IPR Decision Upholding Claims

Again addressing the question of appellate standing for inter partes review (IPR) decisions, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that an IPR petitioner did not show a sufficient injury to confer Article III...more

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Supreme Court Declines to Address the Question of Article III Standing to Appeal a Final Written Decision from the PTAB

This week, the Supreme Court left open the question of Article III standing with regards to appealing a final written decision from the Patent Trial and Appeals Board (“PTAB”) that is favorable to the patent owner. On...more

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Recent Developments on Article III Standing-to-Appeal AIA Trial Decisions

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In past decisions, the Federal Circuit has made clear that a petitioner appealing a PTAB’s final written decision upholding the patentability of challenged claims after an AIA trial must establish Article III standing. In...more

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Mootness on Appeal from PTAB

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed an appeal of an inter partes review (IPR), finding that the challenger lacked appellate standing because it had terminated its attempts to develop the infringing...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Art. III Standing Required for Appeal from AIA Proceeding

Consistent with its own precedent, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit confirmed that to sustain an appeal from an America Invents Act (AIA) proceeding, an appellant party must establish a concrete and substantial...more

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JTEKT v GKN: Lacking Standing, Competitor Cannot Appeal PTAB IPR Ruling

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The Federal Circuit further restricted a petitioner’s ability to appeal a decision by the Patent and Trademark Appeal Board upholding the validity of a patent. The court this month found in JTEKT v. GKN Automotive that a...more

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Petitioner Has Standing when Injury Is Imminent

While reversing a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision that confirmed the validity of a patent, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that a post-grant review (PGR) petitioner has Article III standing...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

AIA Does Not Override 28 USC § 1447(d) Reviewability Bar

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that provisions in the America Invents Act (AIA) related to federal courts’ jurisdiction over patent claims do not override 28 USC § 1447(d)’s limit on appellate review of...more

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Federal Circuit Denies Motion to Stay Pending Supreme Court Decision in Oil States

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On June 12, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Oil States Energy Servs., LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC, to decide whether inter partes review (IPR) violates the Constitution by extinguishing patent rights...more

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Supreme Court to Decide the Constitutionality of Inter Partes Review

In a move that could drastically change the patent law landscape, the United States Supreme Court recently granted certiorari in Oil States Energy Services LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group LLC, No. 16-712, to answer the question...more

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Supreme Court to Consider Constitutionality of AIA Inter Partes Review Proceedings

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The Supreme Court has granted a writ of certiorari challenging the constitutionality of inter partes review proceedings conducted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office under the America Invents Act. The Court’s...more

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Supreme Court Will Decide Whether IPRs Are Unconstitutional

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The Supreme Court granted a petition for writ of certiorari to address whether inter partes review – an adversarial process used by the Patent Office to determine the validity of existing patents – is unconstitutional in Oil...more

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Are Inter Partes Review Proceedings Constitutional? The Federal Circuit Is Not Yet Ready To Decide

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On May 11, 2017, with six of its twelve active judges authoring or joining separate opinions, the Federal Circuit denied a petition for an initial hearing en banc which asked the full Court to address the question “whether a...more

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Intellectual Property Bulletin - Winter 2017

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A Smooth Patch in a Rough Road? Governmental Transition and Intellectual Property - Whenever a new Congress convenes, some IP issues come to the fore while others take a back seat. Transition to a new administration in the...more

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Federal Circuit Finds IPR Petitioner Lacks Standing To Appeal

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On January 9, 2017, in Phigenix, Inc. v. Immunogen, Inc., the Federal Circuit held that petitioner Phigenix lacked standing to appeal an adverse final written decision in an IPR. While acknowledging that the AIA permits a...more

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Federal Circuit Requires Standing To Appeal An IPR Decision

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In the case of Phygenix, Inc. v. ImmunoGen, Inc., the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) held that the petitioner (Phygenix) that had unsuccessfully challenged certain claims of ImmunoGen’s U.S. Patent No....more

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