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U.S. Supreme Court,
Civil Litigation,
Intellectual Property

Dec. 27, 2017

Will inter partes review survive?

Over 7,000 inter partes review petitions have been filed since 2012, approximately 1,600 of which are currently pending before the Patent Office.

Nicholas A. Brown

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Greenberg Traurig LLP

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Nicholas focuses on patent and trade secret litigation.

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Will inter partes review survive?
Justice Stephen Breyer at the White House, Dec. 7. (New York Times News Service)

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's inter partes review process allows third parties to challenge the validity of patents by filing a petition with the office. In Oil States Energy Services v. Greene's Energy Group, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether this process violates the constitutional rights of patent owners. The court will address whether inter partes reviews violate Article III and the Seventh Amendment of the U.S. Consti...

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