In Rare Decision, PTAB Grants Request for Rehearing, Reverses its Prior Decision, and Institutes IPR
By EsqSocial Corporation 19/04/18
Requests for rehearing at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (the “Board”) are not uncommon; however, the Board rarely grants them. One reason for this result is the high standard applied to reverse a prior decision—abuse of discretion. In this case,...
By: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP