March 13, 2018
The Federal Circuit on Tuesday upheld Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions that a liquid crystal display technology patent challenged by Sony and Epson was invalid, choosing not to take up a patent holder's argument that the America Invents Act's inter partes reviews are unconstitutional.
June 19, 2017
A patent holder urged a Federal Circuit panel Monday to decide whether the America Invents Act's inter partes reviews are constitutional, arguing the U.S. Supreme Court's decision this month to decide the question means that the panel can do the same.
May 11, 2017
The Federal Circuit on Thursday declined to consider en banc whether America Invents Act reviews are unconstitutional because they allow an executive branch agency, rather than the courts, to invalidate patents, though some judges said the full court should have addressed the issue.
March 10, 2017
A group of 13 law professors and several inventors groups have filed amicus briefs urging the Federal Circuit to agree to an en banc hearing to determine if America Invents Act reviews are unconstitutional.
February 16, 2017
The owner of an LCD technology patent invalidated by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board asked the full Federal Circuit Wednesday to rule that patents are private property rights that cannot be revoked by an executive body like the PTAB, in the latest constitutional attack on the America Invents Act.