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PTAB Changes Procedure for Determining Discretionary Denials

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Key Takeaways: - The Director, in consultation with at least three APJs, will now decide the discretionary denial question, rather than having the merits panel decide the issue. - Discretionary denial will have separate...more

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Federal Circuit Holds That the PTAB Does Not Have an Impermissible Incentive to Institute IPRs

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MOBILITY WORKX, LLC v. UNIFIED PATENTS, LLC Before Newman, Schall, and Dyk. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: Fee-funded structure of AIA review proceedings does not violate due process....more

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Constitutionality of PTAB Judge Appointments Challenged In Polaris IPR Appeal

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In the wake of Lucia v. SEC, where the Supreme Court held in June 2018 that Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) at the SEC are “officers” subject to the Appointments Clause, there have been challenges to the constitutionality of...more

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