Originally published in the Los Angeles & San Francisco Daily Journal, June 19, 2013
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has instituted a new procedure with the potential to change the patent landscape. The inter partes review (IPR) procedure took effect in September 2012. This procedure provides for a trial-like proceeding before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that review the patentability of an issued patent based on certain novelty and obviousness grounds.
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