U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Archives

21 Apr 2020 |

SCOTUS Opinion: Court Rejects Judicial Review Of USPTO Inter Partes Determinations

By statute, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office can be asked to conduct an inter partes review to reconsider the validity of an earlier-granted patent claim. However, 35 U.S.C. sec. 315(b) requires that a request for inter partes review must be brought within one year after suit against the requesting party for patent infringement. The Office’s determination of whether to ... Read More

TAGGED: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, inter partes review, 35 U.S.C. sec. 315(b), 314(d), Thryv Inc. v. Click-to-Call Technologies