When determining whether to institute inter partes review (IPR) and post-grant review (PGR) proceedings, the U.S. Patent and ...

In a February 10, 2025 order, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the application of the collateral estoppel doctrine to patent claims asserted in a district court infringement action where ...

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Federal Circuit affirms PTAB ruling against Implicit, holding late inventorship correction cannot revive patent arguments in ...

March 20, 2025 - In February 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit clarified when collateral estoppel might apply in a district court case following an invalidity determination by ...

When someone creates a US patent, they go through a review process to stop the most blatant copies from previous patents or pre-existing work. After this, you may still have bad patents get through, ...

How To Join an IPR—And Why You May Want To Inter partes review has become a popular vehicle to challenge patents. Given the benefits of IPRs and the desire to keep an IPR alive before the petitioner ...

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In a Director Discretionary Denial decision issued today by Acting Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Coke Morgan Stewart, Procomm International PTE Ltd.’s request to ...

When someone creates a US patent, they go through a review process to stop the most blatant copies from previous patents or pre-existing work. After this, you may still have bad patents get through, ...

“[T]he Director’s direction to the Board in the form of a precedential Board decision to govern later Board decisions does not require the PTO to reach any particular outcome on a petition or ...

When should a brand company expect generic companies to file inter partes review petitions, seeking to invalidate a patent, and how should the brand company handle it? When the Delaware district court ...