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Rethinking Article III Standing in IPR Appeals at the Federal Circuit

In 2011, as part of the American Invents Act (“AIA”), Congress significantly restructured the way in which previously issued patents could be challenged.   In some cases, existing post-issuance proceedings, like ex parte reexamination and reissue proceedings, were kept intact as such proceedings existed prior to the AIA.  In other cases, existing post-issuance proceedings, like inter […]

ARE Copyright Law Alert:Federal Circuit Panel Holds Google’s Use of Oracle’s Java API Packages Does Not Constitute Fair Use Under 17 U.S.C. § 107

On March 27, 2018, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”) issued a ruling in Oracle America, Inc. v. Google LLC, No. 17-1118 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 27, 2019). The Court reversed the district court’s decision and held that “Google’s use of the 37 Java API packages was […]