How Comprehensive Do IPR Decisions Have To Be?

Supreme Court to consider whether Patent Trial and Appeal Board must address all patent claims challenged in an inter partes review petition.

While it's not the headliner inter partes review case before the US Supreme Court, the outcome of SAS Institute v. Matal could impact the way patent challenge proceedings are handled by the patent office and what claims can be litigated in district court.

The court will determine whether final written decisions by the US Patent and Trademark Office's Patent Trial and Appeal must...

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