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USPTO Issues Final Rule Regarding Process for Director Review

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US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Kathi Vidal recently issued a new final rule establishing the process for Director Review of some Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decisions. This final rule, effective...more

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Review Delayed Is Not Review Denied

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Considering whether the US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) Director must complete review of the Patent Trial & Appeal Board’s (Board) inter partes review (IPR) decision within the statutory deadline for a final written...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2022 Decisions

As part of the recovery from the global COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit took steps to return to normal operations. It began requiring live oral arguments in August 2022 and, by November,...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Arthrex, Still Without Director Review, Gets Constitutional Review from Patent Commissioner

A panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit considered whether the Patent Commissioner, on assuming the role of the US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) Director, can constitutionally evaluate the rehearing of...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - May 2022 #4

Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., Appeal No. 2018-2140 (Fed. Cir. May 27, 2022) In a return to the Federal Circuit, this case again sets precedent concerning Patent Office Director review of Patent Trial and Appeal Board...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2021 Decisions

[co-author: Jamie Dohopolski] Last year, the continued global COVID-19 pandemic forced American courts to largely continue the procedures set in place in 2020. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was no...more

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The Federal Circuit holds that the Structure of the PTAB is Constitutional

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Is the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) constitutional? This was a question asked by Mobility Workx in Mobility Workx, LLC v. Unified Patents, LLC, 2021-1441, 2021 WL 4762265 (Fed. Cir. 2021). Mobility Workx raised...more

Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP

PTAB’s Structure and Funding Pass Due Process Muster

On October 13, in Mobility Workx v. Unified Patents, LLC, the Federal Circuit rejected a series of due process challenges to the structure of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), leaving the PTAB to continue with...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

PTAB Strategies and Insights - October 2021: Potential Pecuniary Interest In Instituting More AIA Proceedings Not Enough To...

We previously published an article discussing patent owner’s due process challenges based on alleged pecuniary interests of the Office and Administrative Patent Judges instituting cases to meet production goals and increase...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

PTAB Strategies and Insights - October 2021

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

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PTO’s Financial Benefits from IPR Don’t Render PTAB Unconstitutional

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A split panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit concluded that the structure and functions of the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) survived yet another constitutional challenge, this time based on the...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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Supreme Court Finds Constitutional Violation in Patent Challenges, But Provides Quick Fix

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For those familiar with inter partes review—or IPR, as it is known—the recent Supreme Court decision in U.S. v. Arthrex was much anticipated because it carried with it the potential to upend the entire IPR system. IPR has...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

PTAB Snapshot – A Quarterly Report on Trends and New Precedent at the PTAB – Q3 The Arthrex Decision, Its Impact on Prior IPR...

In this second edition of Orrick’s quarterly series on the PTAB, we summarize the Arthrex decision, walk through the PTO’s post-Arthrex interim procedure for reviewing PTAB decisions, and discuss potential post-Arthrex...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Chemours Company FC, LLC v. Darkin Industries, Ltd. (Fed. Cir. 2021)

The Federal Circuit, and the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals before it, generally reviewed decisions by the Patent and Trademark Office under the same standard applied to district court decisions, whether the factual...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Arthrex SCOTUS Ruling: The IPR Show Must Go On, Just with (a Bit) More Oversight

On Monday, in a highly-anticipated decision, a fractured Supreme Court issued its opinion in United States v. Arthrex, et al., striking a portion of the America Invents Act (AIA) as unconstitutional—but providing an...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Appellants Raise Due Process Issues in New Vision Gaming and Development v. SG Gaming

Ever since institution of the post-grant review proceedings enacted under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act were implemented by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (through the newly constituted Patent Trial and Appeal...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

U.S. v. Arthrex: Supreme Court Oral Argument

The Supreme Court heard argument on Monday in U.S. v. Arthrex, involving the question of whether appointment of Administrative Patent Judges (APJs) and their authority under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act violates the...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2020 Decisions

[co-author: Kathleen Wills] Last year, the global COVID-19 pandemic created unprecedented challenges for American courts. By making several changes, however, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was able to...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Federal Circuitry

Last Week in the Federal Circuit (January 18-22): Factual Obviousness and Yet Another Arthrex Challenge

Although the Federal Circuit has had a busy January, last week was light on precedential decisions (just one, in a case from the MSPB). Below we provide our usual weekly statistics and our case of the week—our highly...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Arthrex Files Certiorari Petition in Arthrex case (Second Petition)

Arthrex recently filed a(nother) certiorari petition with the Supreme Court, this time in Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., which has also been the subject of petitions from the U.S. government and Smith & Nephew.  (This...more

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Arthrex Extended to Inter Partes Re-examination

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied a petition for panel rehearing regarding the constitutionality of decisions issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Patent Trial and Appeal Board...more

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“Waive” Goodbye to Belated Argument that Administrative Patent Judges’ Appointment is Unconstitutional

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Addressing whether a party can waive a challenge to the constitutionality of Administrative Patent Judges’ (APJs’) appointment, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found that the issue is non-jurisdictional and...more

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Federal Circuit Averts Huge Disruption to the Patent System by Fashioning a Cure to the Status of Administrative Judges

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In October 2019, a Federal Circuit panel concluded that the status of Administrative Patent Judges (APJs) on the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) violated the Appointments...more

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Federal Circuit Denies En Banc Rehearing on PTAB Constitutionality

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On March 23, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied the parties’ petition for an en banc rehearing in Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., No. 18-2140....more

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