December 22, 2023 - Inter partes reviews (IPRs) are a frequent component of patent litigation disputes. For example, a party accused of patent infringement in U.S. district court may challenge the ...

Yesterday the United States Supreme Court issued decisions in both Oil States v. Green Energy and SAS Institute v. Iancu. In Oil States the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of inter partes ...

Genetic testing company GeneDx has turned to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to try and invalidate 11 of Myriad Genetics patents, in a move that underlines the increasing popularity of inter partes ...

Last week, a federal appellate court upheld on constitutional grounds a controversial procedure that has in recent years rendered thousands of patent claims invalid. In MCM Porfolio v. Hewlett-Packard ...

Policy makers in Washington are closer than ever to passing legislative reforms that have the potential to rein in the high cost of prescription drugs in the United States. Substantial obstacles ...

Update: The Supreme Court upheld so-called patent death squads in a 7-2 ruling on Tuesday, April 24. The fate of a major patent reform law, enacted in 2011 to improve patent quality, will hang in the ...

In acquiring new medical technologies, the patent rights to that technology often drive the value of the transaction. An evaluation of the commercial product is all well and good, but much of the ...

EDITORIAL NOTE: This article is the sixth installment of an 8-part series exploring the constitutionality of the PTAB under the public rights doctrine. To begin reading from the beginning please see: ...