Tag Archives: Sovereign Immunity

PTAB Defines Further Limitation to Sovereign Immunity Defense

By Heather R. Kissling on Posted in Inter Partes Review
PTABWatch Takeaway: Sovereign immunity is not available to dismiss an IPR challenge where the Patent Owner has filed an infringement action against the Petitioner. Ericsson v. Regents of the University of Minnesota, IPR2017-01186, -01197, -01200, -01213, -01214, and -01219 (Dec. 19, 2017). The Eleventh Amendment was rarely mentioned in the same breath as patent law … Continue Reading

Sovereign Immunity Protects State University Owned Patent from Inter Partes Review

By Sharon M. Sintich, Ph.D. on Posted in Inter Partes Review, IPR
The Patent and Trial Appeal Board dismissed petitions for inter partes review challenging the claims of a patent owned by a state university that had neither waived the protections offered it by the Eleventh Amendment nor consented to the trial.  Covidien LP v. University of Florida Research Foundation Inc., IPR2016-01274, -01275, -01276 (PTAB Jan. 25, … Continue Reading
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