A November 17, 2020 decision by the Federal Circuit has extended the Supreme Court’s April 2020 decision in Thryv, Inc. v. Click-to-Call Technologies, LP, 140 S. Ct. 1367 (2020), which held that institution decisions...more
12/11/2020
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Covered Business Method Patents ,
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Patent Litigation ,
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Thryv Inc v Click-To-Call Technologies LP ,
Time-Barred Claims
After the Supreme Court’s 2019 decision in Return Mail, Inc. v. United States Postal Service, 139 S. Ct. 1853 (2019), held that federal agencies are not “persons” eligible to challenge a patent at the PTAB, the government was...more
3/4/2020
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America Invents Act ,
Covered Business Method Proceedings ,
Government Entities ,
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Patents ,
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Return Mail Inc v United States Postal Service ,
SCOTUS
In Cavium, LLC v. Alacritech, Inc., Case IPR2018-00401 (PTAB Nov. 20, 2018) (Paper 24), the PTAB granted a Patent Owner’s motion for additional discovery relating to real party-in-interest. The split-panel decision is...more