8 November 2016PatentsAmanda Tessar, Bing Ai and Elizabeth Banzhoff
Real parties in interest: proceed with caution
In an inter partes review (IPR), a correct real party in interest (RPI) analysis is vital for both petitioners and patent owners. Failure to identify an RPI to a petition may result in a petition being denied institution and, if the petition is filed near the one-year bar deadline and the denial of institution comes after that deadline, the petitioner is time-barred from filing a corrected petition.
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6 December 2016 There are a handful of pointers for anyone affected by real party in interest issues in inter partes reviews, as Amanda Tessar, Bing Ai and Elizabeth Banzhoff of Perkins Coie explain in the second part of their article.