On February 9, 2018, in vacating and remanding parts of an obviousness decision, the Federal Circuit found that the Patent Trial and Appeal...
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published new and updated guidelines on subject matter eligibility on February 5,...
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In MaxLinear, Inc. v. CF Crespe LLC, the Federal Circuit recently confirmed that issue preclusion applies to administrative agency...
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On January 24, 2018, the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”), finding that 37 C.F.R. §...
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Patent litigation often involves the intersection of practice before the PTAB and district courts. Not surprisingly then, the subject of...
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In Wi-Fi One, the Federal Circuit held en banc that time-bar determinations by the PTAB under § 315(b) are appealable and remanded...
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The topic of sovereign immunity was raised a number of times in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings in 2017, and it was cast into the...
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The Federal Circuit, as an appellate court, defers to the findings of the Patent and Trial Appeal Board (the “Board”). But that...
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On November 21, 2017, the PTAB issued guidance on motions to amend in view of the Federal Circuit’s en banc decision in Aqua Products,...