Board Designates Three Precedential Decisions for Instituting, Including Real Party in Interest
By EsqSocial Corporation 14/01/21
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (Patent Office) designated new Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board) precedents protecting patent owners from multiple inter partes review (IPR) challenges. The Board decisions included one that concerned the identification of a real party in interest (RPI) and when multiple petitions challenging the same patent are not permitted....
By: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP