Hogan Lovells’ U.S. + German Patent Update reports on recent patent news and cases from Germany and the United States.

United States -

- U.S. Congress Introduces Bill Addressing Patent Subject Matter Eligibility

- PTAB’s “Precedential Opinion Panel” Continues to Designate as Precedential Discretionary Decisions Denying Institution of IPR Petitions Based on Serial Filings, Repetitive Parties, and Repetitive Invalidity Grounds

- Federal Circuit Dismisses IPR Appeal for Lack of Standing Despite Competition Between Subsidiary and Patent Owner, and Supreme Court Declines to Hear Standing Case.