March 26, 2020
Two decisions that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board recently designated precedential provide clearer guidance on when the board will exercise its discretion to deny inter partes review petitions, helping litigants understand how to argue for or against such a move, attorneys say.
March 24, 2020
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board on Tuesday designated two decisions as precedential and one as informative, explaining when the board will and will not exercise its discretion to reject petitions that use invalidity arguments similar to those considered during patent prosecution.