Intellectual Property,
Civil Litigation
Mar. 19, 2020
Federal Circuit offers guidance to patent challenges in Facebook case
In a decision clarifying the authority of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, a federal appellate court ruled Facebook Inc. could not add claims it was challenging to its own petition at the patent office after the one-year deadline.
In a decision clarifying the authority of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, a federal appellate court ruled Facebook Inc. could not add claims it was challenging to its own petition at the patent office after the one-year deadline.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Chief Judge Sharon Prost concluded the board erred in allowing Facebook to join a petition to challenge additional claims in two of the patents.
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