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Apr. 11, 2015

Unpack inter partes review's first review

This new patent review procedure had only been around a couple years, and the Federal Circuit just now got around to issuing a decision on final IPRs. By Andrei Iancu and Ben Haber


By Andrei Iancu and Ben Haber


The America Invents Act of 2011 (AIA) created a new mechanism for patent infringement defendants to challenge the validity of issued patents: inter partes review (IPR). Since IPR became available Sept. 16, 2012, over 2,500 IPR petitions have been filed. IPR has already become a critically important new practice area parallel to litigation, changing the dynamic and strategy considerations of patent law practice. But until just recentl...

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