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  1. October 15, 2015

    Full Fed. Circ. Refuses To Review First-Ever CBM Decision

    The full Federal Circuit decided Thursday not to review several issues related to America Invents Act business method patent reviews, including what the program covers and how decisions are reviewed on appeal, rejecting en banc petitions by both the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and patent owner Versata.

  2. September 10, 2015

    Versata Asks Fed. Circ. To Rethink Dismissal Of USPTO Suit

    Versata Development Group Inc. urged the full Federal Circuit on Thursday to rethink its ruling that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office cannot be sued for deciding to institute a covered business method review of a patent under the America Invents Act, saying the decision needs to be reviewed alongside a companion decision that invalidated its patent.

  3. July 13, 2015

    USPTO Can't Be Sued For Starting AIA Review, Fed. Circ. Says

    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office cannot be sued for deciding to institute a covered business review of a patent under the America Invents Act, the Federal Circuit ruled Monday, finding the law clearly bars such suits.

  4. February 11, 2015

    Versata Asserts Right To Appeal AIA Decision At Fed. Circ.

    Versata Development Group Inc. told the Federal Circuit Tuesday that it should be allowed to appeal a decision to review its patent under the America Invents Act's business method patent review program, even though the court recently held that similar decisions in related inter partes reviews aren't appealable.

  5. January 30, 2015

    SAP Says PTAB Ruling Can't Save Invalidated Versata Patent

    SAP America Inc. has urged the Federal Circuit to reject Versata Development Group Inc.'s claim that a recent Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruling proves a Versata patent was wrongly invalidated under the America Invents Act's business method patent review program, saying the ruling means just the opposite.

  6. January 22, 2015

    Versata Tells Fed. Circ. New PTAB Ruling Shields Its Patent

    Versata Development Group Inc. told the Federal Circuit on Wednesday that a recent decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board involving Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. bolsters its case that the PTAB uses too broad a definition of a "business method" and shouldn't have nixed a Versata patent.

  7. December 03, 2014

    Versata Tells Fed Circ. PTAB Overstepped On CBM Review

    Versata Development Group Inc. told the Federal Circuit on Wednesday that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board did not have the authority to review its product pricing software patent, let alone invalidate it, in the first covered business method review case to come before the appeals court.

  8. September 02, 2014

    McKool Smith Quits As Versata Counsel In $391M Patent Case

    Citing a conflict of interest, McKool Smith PC said Friday that it is withdrawing as counsel for Versata Development Group Inc. in a $391 million patent dispute with SAP America Inc., weeks before oral arguments in Versata's appeal of a decision that invalidated its patent.

  9. May 02, 2014

    Orders Starting AIA Reviews Not Appealable, USPTO Says

    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office told the Federal Circuit last week that its decisions to review patents under America Invents Act programs are not subject to judicial review, urging the court not to let Versata Software Inc. sue the agency over such a decision.

  10. February 07, 2014

    Versata Wants Suit Over USPTO Biz Method Definition Revived

    Versata Software Inc. told the Federal Circuit on Thursday that a judge erroneously threw out its suit claiming the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office uses an "overly expansive" definition of a business method patent in a new America Invents Act program.