Federal Circuit Clarifies Scope of PTAB Review - estoppel decisions appealable under § 314(d)

Uniloc 2017, LLC v. Facebook, Inc., Case No. 19-1688 (Fed. Cir. March 9, 2021) - The Federal Circuit has further clarified the scope of what types of PTAB decisions are appealable under 35 U.S.C. § 314(d). In Uniloc 2017 v. Facebook, issued March 9, 2021, the court concluded that § 314(d) does not preclude appellate review of the PTAB’s post-institution decision that a party is not estopped from maintaining a petition for inter partes review under 35 U.S.C. § 315(e)(1)....
By: Haug Partners LLP

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