The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) finding that tribal immunity does not apply to inter partes review (IPR) proceedings. Saint Regis Mohawk ...

On April 24, 2018, the same day that the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of inter partes review (IPR) challenges to issued patents in one decision (Oil States Energy Services v. Green’s ...

Yesterday the United States Supreme Court issued decisions in both Oil States v. Green Energy and SAS Institute v. Iancu. In Oil States the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of inter partes ...

Genetic testing company GeneDx has turned to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to try and invalidate 11 of Myriad Genetics patents, in a move that underlines the increasing popularity of inter partes ...

Last week, a federal appellate court upheld on constitutional grounds a controversial procedure that has in recent years rendered thousands of patent claims invalid. In MCM Porfolio v. Hewlett-Packard ...

Policy makers in Washington are closer than ever to passing legislative reforms that have the potential to rein in the high cost of prescription drugs in the United States. Substantial obstacles ...

There was no clear majority Monday signaling the death of inter partes review—the administrative procedure for reviewing patent validity created by the 2011 America Invents Act. Monday was supposed to ...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) provides invalidity tools via inter partes review (IPR) and post-grant review (PGR), but which route is better? One may consider important factors ...

Update: The Supreme Court upheld so-called patent death squads in a 7-2 ruling on Tuesday, April 24. The fate of a major patent reform law, enacted in 2011 to improve patent quality, will hang in the ...