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Biotech

Aug. 28, 2014

Adapting to an inter partes review world

Less than two years after implementation of inter partes review proceedings at the USPTO, the judges who conduct the proceeding have been likened to "death squads that kill property rights." By Judy M. Mohr


By Judy M. Mohr

Less than two years after implementation of inter partes review (IPR) proceedings at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the judges on the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that conducts the proceeding have been likened to "death squads that kill property rights." Indeed, 17 patents in the first 20 patents challenged in an IPR and taken to a final written decision by the PTAB suffered an inglorious death.


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