Hooper, Kearney and Macklin on Cutting Edge Topics in the False Claims Act
The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act granted the Patent Office authority to issue “regulations . . . establishing and governing inter partes review.” 35 U.S.C § 316(a)(4). For the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) to...more
The PTAB Strategies and Insights newsletter provides timely updates and insights into how best to handle proceedings at the USPTO. It is designed to increase return on investment for all stakeholders looking at the entire...more
In a series of non-precedential orders, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reiterated that it lacks jurisdiction to hear appeals on whether the Patent Trial and Appeal Board properly decided to deny inter partes...more
On October 20, 2020, the PTO published in the Federal Register a request for comments about whether it should embark on a formal notice-and-comment rulemaking process directed to how the PTAB exercises its discretion in...more