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20 December 2017Patents

PTAB dents sovereign immunity claim in University of Minnesota case

The US Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has taken aim at sovereign immunity, ruling that the University of Minnesota must defend against challenges brought against five of its patents.

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17 June 2019   The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has delivered a ruling that state sovereign immunity does not apply to inter partes review proceedings.
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16 September 2019   The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit erred in finding that state sovereign immunity doesn’t apply to inter partes review proceedings, claimed the University of Minnesota in its petition filed at the US Supreme Court last week.