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PTO Director Requests Input on Patent Trial & Appeal Board Decision Regarding Duty of Candor

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On May 3, 2023, the Patent Trial & Appeal Board granted a motion for sanctions brought by Spectrum Solutions LLC against Longhorn Vaccines & Diagnostics LLC. The resulting sanctions order canceled five Longhorn patents. The...more

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Petitioner And Amicus Briefs Lay Out Arguments In Supreme Court Fight Over Assignor Estoppel

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As previously reported, in January 2021, the Supreme Court granted a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by Minerva Surgical, Inc. on the question of “whether a defendant in a patent infringement action who assigned the...more

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Arthrex Amicus Briefs – Novel Arguments for the Court To Consider

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On December 2nd, amicus briefs in support of Smith & Nephew and the United States were filed with the Supreme Court in the Arthrex cases. There were also several amicus briefs filed in support of no party. Previous articles...more

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POP: Does a Complaint Without Standing Trigger The IRP Time Bar?

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The PTAB’s Precedential Opinion Panel (POP) will consider, at the behest of 360Heros, whether a complaint alleging patent infringement made by a party other than the patent owner of the patent triggers the § 315(b) time bar....more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Amicus Briefs Filed in Mohawk Tribe's Motion to Dismiss IPRs

In what everyone (including the Patent Trial and Appeal Board) considers an unprecedented administrative action, the PTAB late last year set our an order (Patent Trial and Appeal Board's Order, 2017 WL 5067421, P.T.A.B. Nov....more

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Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene's Energy Group, LLC -- Positions Taken in Selected Amicus Curiae Briefs

On November 27, 2017, the Supreme Court considered the question of whether the inter partes review process established by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in implementing portions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act or...more

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Amicus Curiae Briefs Authorized on Tribal Sovereign Immunity in IPRs of Restasis® Patents

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The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe’s recent motion to terminate pending IPRs on patents purported to cover Allergan’s Restasis® product has spurred two parties to seek authorization from the PTAB to file amicus briefs. Earlier this...more

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Biotechnology Innovation Organization's Amicus Brief for In re Aqua Products, Inc.

On Friday, December 9, 2016, the Federal Circuit will hear oral arguments en banc in the In re Aqua Products, Inc. case to consider two questions related to the PTAB's treatment of Motions to Amend in IPR proceedings. ...more

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No Rehearing En Banc for In re Cuozzo Speed Technologies -- PTAB Update

Earlier this week, the Federal Circuit issued an order denying a petition for rehearing en banc in the In re Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC case. As we have previously reported, this case was the first appeal of the first...more

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