Tag Archives: Constitutionality

Federal Circuit Addresses Constitutional Issue Supreme Court Left Open

By Sandip H. Patel on Posted in Inter Partes Review
In consolidated appeals of a trio of Board decisions canceling pre-AIA patents in inter partes reviews (IPR), the Federal Circuit held “that the retroactive application of IPR proceedings to pre-AIA patents is not an unconstitutional taking under the Fifth Amendment.” Celgene Corp. v. Peter, Appeals 2018-1167, -1168, -1169, Slip Op. at 3 (Fed. Cir. July … Continue Reading

Confusion and Delay

By Sandip H. Patel on Posted in Inter Partes Review, IPR
In Oil States Energy Services., LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC, Justice Thomas, writing for a 7-2 majority of the Supreme Court, explained that inter partes review proceedings do not violate Article III or the Seventh Amendment of the Constitution. 138 S. Ct. 1365 (2018). But his opinion for the majority invited confusion and delay, … Continue Reading

Government Weighs in on Constitutionality of Inter Partes Review

By Jennifer Burnette on Posted in Inter Partes Review, IPR
Two petitions for certiorari are pending before the Supreme Court in which the aggrieved patent owners in MCM Portfolio LLC. v. Hewlett-Packard Co. and Cooper v. Lee are challenging the constitutionality of AIA trials.  The Federal Circuit in MCM Portfolio upheld the PTAB’s authority to adjudicate the validity of issued patents, determining that IPR proceedings … Continue Reading
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