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PTAB Denies Tribe’s Request for Sovereign Immunity in Mylan v. Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe

On February 23, 2018, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) issued a ruling in Mylan Pharms. Inc., et al. v. Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, IPR2016-01127, Paper 129 (PTAB Feb. 23, 2018) on the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe’s (“the Tribe”) motion to terminate. The PTAB denied the Tribe’s motion to terminate under the doctrine of Tribal […]

Patent Law Alert: En Banc Federal Circuit Clarifies Burden to Challenge Amended Claims in PTAB Proceedings in Aqua Products v. Matal

On October 4, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a divided en banc decision in Aqua Products, Inc. v. Matal, No. 15-1177 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 4, 2017).  The Court vacated the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (“PTAB”) final written decision “insofar as it denied the patent owner’s motion to […]