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10 December 2019PatentsSaman Javed

SCOTUS Thryv ruling could undermine inter partes reviews: lawyers

A long-running dispute over whether a US Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) decision to institute an inter partes review (IPR) is appealable could undermine the proceeding’s bedrock policies, lawyers told WIPR.

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