Civil Litigation,
Intellectual Property
Apr. 18, 2018
Patent Office can intervene to defend its rulings
A recent split panel of the Federal Circuit upheld the right of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to participate in an appeal following a successful invalidity challenge by a party that dropped out of the appeal.
Eliot D. Williams
Partner
Baker Botts LLP
Email: eliot.williams@bakerbotts.com
Eliot is an Intellectual Property partner in the firm's Palo Alto and San Francisco offices.
[Federal Circuit rulings attached below.]
A recent split panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit narrowly upheld the right of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to participate in an appeal following a successful invalidity challenge by a party that dropped out of the appeal. See Knowles Elecs. LLC v. Iancu, 2016-1954 (Fed. Cir., April 6, 2018). If this decision is not overturned by the court acting en banc ...
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