The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) recently issued a Standard Operating Procedure (“SOP”) for remands from the Federal Circuit. Remands of America Invents Act trials (IPR, CBM, and PGR) and ex parte and reexamination...more
The PTAB recently relied on the Federal Circuit’s decision in Enfish, LLC v. Microsoft Corp. in refusing to institute a Covered Business Method review of a patent for a system for managing personal electronic information....more