By recognizing a constitutional deficiency in the appointment of Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) judges, the Federal Circuit in Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., 941 F.3d 1320 (Fed. Cir. 2019) set the stage for...more
On July 30, 2019, the Federal Circuit held that retroactive application of IPR (inter partes review) proceedings to pre-AIA (America Invents Act) patents is not an unconstitutional taking under the Fifth Amendment (Celgene...more
8/12/2019
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Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Due Process ,
Ex Partes Reexamination ,
Fifth Amendment ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Oil States Energy Services v Greene's Energy Group ,
Patents ,
Retroactive Application ,
SCOTUS ,
Takings Clause
In the February 1, 2019 decision of Mylan Pharms. Inc. v. Research Corp. Techs., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 3282, __ F.3d __, 2019 WL 405682, the Federal Circuit affirmed a PTAB final written decision (FWD) holding claims of U.S....more
2/13/2019
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Appeals ,
Article III ,
Final Written Decisions ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Joinder ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Standing ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Time-Barred Claims