Two bills recently introduced in Congress could significantly affect the current patent litigation landscape.
The bipartisan bills are titled the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2023 and the Promoting and Respecting...more
9/7/2023
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In 2012, Congress created a new procedure that allows the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to conduct a litigation-like procedure to review and potentially cancel patents. This procedure - inter partes review (“IPR”) - has...more
7/25/2018
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Oil States Energy Services v Greene's Energy Group ,
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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 Energy Group), it also...more
5/1/2018
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Patent Infringement ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent Validity ,
Patents ,
SAS Institute Inc. v Iancu ,
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On April 24, 2018, the Supreme Court issued a decision in Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC rejecting a Constitutional challenge to the inter partes review (IPR) procedure for challenging an issued...more
4/27/2018
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Patent Invalidity ,
Patents ,
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Public Property ,
Public Rights Doctrine ,
Right to a Jury ,
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Seventh Amendment ,
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On June 20, 2016, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC v. Lee, which unanimously upheld the “broadest reasonable construction” claim construction standard (BRI) used by the Patent Trial and...more
6/22/2016
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Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
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USPTO
On June 13, 2016, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in two consolidated cases (Halo Electronics v. Pulse Electronics and Stryker Corp. v. Zimmer) effectively lowering the standard for obtaining enhanced damages in...more
6/20/2016
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Stryker v Zimmer ,
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Young Lawyers
On January 20, 2015, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc. (Case No. 13-854), which changed the level of deference the Federal Circuit must show to district court claim...more