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The Federal Circuit panel held that the NHK-Fintiv guidance is a "general statement of policy" that is exempt from the Administrative Procedure Act's notice and comment rulemaking requirements, ...

When should a brand company expect generic companies to file inter partes review petitions, seeking to invalidate a patent, and how should the brand company handle it? When the Delaware district court ...

July 01, 2025 - On May 7, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit addressed a longstanding split among district courts concerning the scope of inter partes review ("IPR") estoppel.

We collaborate with the world's leading lawyers to deliver news tailored for you. Sign Up for any (or all) of our 25+ Newsletters. Some states have laws and ethical rules regarding solicitation and ...

How To Join an IPR—And Why You May Want To Inter partes review has become a popular vehicle to challenge patents. Given the benefits of IPRs and the desire to keep an IPR alive before the petitioner ...

When someone creates a US patent, they go through a review process to stop the most blatant copies from previous patents or pre-existing work. After this, you may still have bad patents get through, ...

“Here, Petitioner’s statement that it cannot raise indefiniteness challenges in an inter partes review is not a sufficient explanation. Indeed, the statement amounts to an assertion that a petitioner ...

In a Director Discretionary Denial decision issued today by Acting Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Coke Morgan Stewart, Procomm International PTE Ltd.’s request to ...

A U.S. appeals court on Friday turned away a challenge from Apple , Google , Intel , Cisco Systems , and Edwards Lifesciences to a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office action that reduced the number of ...