March 19, 2026
The Federal Circuit's rejection of all mandamus petitions asking it to rein in the way U.S. Patent and Trademark Office leadership is evaluating patent challenges cements the appeals court's near-impossible standard for reviewing institution decisions, attorneys say.
February 27, 2026
The Federal Circuit on Friday rejected Tesla Inc.'s mandamus petition challenging how the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's leadership is discretionarily denying Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions.
February 12, 2026
A Texas federal judge's decision to send patent infringement litigation against Tesla Inc. to California strengthens the automaker's mandamus petition claiming the Patent Trial and Appeal Board wrongly turned away its challenges, Tesla told the Federal Circuit.
January 09, 2026
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the owner of three patents for self-driving vehicles urged the Federal Circuit on Friday to ignore Tesla's argument that the USPTO can't use the time before trial in patent litigation to deny patent reviews before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
December 02, 2025
Tesla has become the latest company to head to the Federal Circuit to challenge U.S. Patent and Trademark Office changes to the institution process at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, saying the office is putting up "arbitrary roadblocks."