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On April 24, 2018, the Supreme Court handed down two opinions in cases related to IPR. In a 7-2 decision, the Court upheld the constitutionality of IPRs in Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene's Energy Group, LLC.
On April 24, 2018, the Supreme Court handed down two opinions in
cases related to inter partes review (IPR). In a 7-2 decision, the
Court upheld the constitutionality of IPRs in Oil States Energy
Services, LLC v. Greene's Energy Group, LLC. Then, in
SAS Institute v. Matal, the Court ruled 5-4 that the
Patent Trial and Appeal Board must review all challenged IPR claims
or none at all. In this podcast, Finnegan attorneys
Trenton Ward and
Rachel Emsley share their insight into these two very important
cases.
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