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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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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Seven new IPRs were filed against patents held by Alacritech Inc. on December 27, 2017. These IPRs (four of which were filed by Dell and...
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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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As set forth in the statute and upheld by the Supreme Court in Cuozzo, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (“PTAB” or “Board”)...
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The Supreme Court recently held oral argument in Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC. Before what appears to be...