Under the USPTO’s new guidance on discretionary denial of institution of inter partes and post-grant (IPR and PGR, respectively) proceedings, a pending International Trade Commission (ITC or Commission) investigation is no...more
Parties filing inter partes review (IPR) petitions should be aware of the estoppel implications on subsequent or parallel proceedings, including litigation pending in U.S. federal district courts. The U.S. Court of Appeals...more
Recently, the Supreme Court declined to make any changes to IPR procedure in its opinion in Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC v. Lee, 579 U.S. ___ (2016). Relying primarily on statutory language and concepts of agency rulemaking...more
The Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB’s final determination in Genzyme Therapeutic Products Limited Partnership v. Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Nos. 2015-1720, 2015-1721 (Fed. Cir. June 14, 2016), holding that the PTAB did...more