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US Supreme Court SAS ruling: a ‘mess’ for IPRs

Limiting the discretion of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in relation to inter partes reviews (IPRs) is a game-changing decision which creates a procedural “mess”, one lawyer has claimed.

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SCOTUS: PTAB must assess all challenged claims in IPRs

24 April 2018 In a much-awaited judgment the US Supreme Court has confirmed that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) cannot choose to review only some challenged claims in an inter partes review—it must assess them all.

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PTAB wants new rules to tackle IPR imbalance

28 May 2020 The US Patent Trial and Appeal Board has proposed to remove a key advantage currently held by parties looking to have patents cancelled.

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