The Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("PTAB") has issued a precedential opinion that gives a green light to same-party and issue joinder. This practice will provide discretion to PTAB judges to allow a petitioner to add new...more
The Supreme Court clarified this week in Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. that the "On Sale Bar" — which prohibits patents on inventions that are sold or offered for sale before the patent application...more
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