USPTO Post-Issue Proceedings

PTAB Invalidates Telehealth Patent as Anticipated, Rejects Indefiniteness Challenges, in PG Review

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board recently invalidated a patent related to remote optometry in a Post-Grant Review proceeding.  20_20 Vision Center, LLC v. DigitalOptometrics LLC, PGR2018-00100 (April 15, 2020). The PTAB invalida… Read More

State Universities Not Entitled to Sovereign Immunity from IPRs

Sovereign immunity does not exempt state governments from inter partes review, according to a Federal Circuit decision issued on Friday in Regents of the University of Minnesota v. LSI Corp. The decision extends the Federal Circui… Read More

Supreme Court Upholds IPRs in Oil States

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court released its opinion in Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC, holding that the inter partes review procedure does not violate Article III of the Constitution. The Court main… Read More

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