Publications
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2020Fewer Bites at the IPR Apple? Impact of Recent Decisions and Guidance on Multiple PetitionsLawyer Publications
When multiple inter partes review petitions are filed against the same patent, what result can you expect? We analyze recent developments on serial and parallel IPR petitions and offer practical tips.
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04.18.2018Has Alice Gone Down the Rabbit Hole?Articles
Daily Journal
A new series of Federal Circuit decisions indicates concern that the pendulum has swung too far, and discourages early patent-eligibility challenges.
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09.2015Inter Partes Review Proceedings: A Third Anniversary Report
IPR@3
A Look Into IPR Statistics and Their Impact on IPR StrategyWhen inter partes review (IPR) proceedings became effective in September 2012, few people would have predicted the transformative effect it would have on patents and the litigation landscape. Three years in, IPR has become the preferred procedure for challenging the validity of a patent. Read the full report. -
03.20.2012Supreme Court Holds Medical Method Patent Claims Invalid for Monopolizing a Law of NatureUpdatesThe U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that claims on methods of determining whether drug dosing levels should be increased or decreased based on levels of a metabolite in a patient’s bloodstream were not patent eligible.