Federal Circuit Clips The Wings of Covered Business Method Review

In an opinion yesterday in Unwired Planet, LLC v. Google Inc., a three–judge panel of the Federal Circuit significantly limited the scope of Patent Office review of business method patents under the America Invents Act. The appellate court shrunk the universe of patents eligible for covered business method (CBM) review, a result which may please...

It’s PTAB Week At The Federal Circuit

In a pair of decisions issued this week, the Federal Circuit has opined on the scope and limits of two kinds of administrative challenges to the validity of issued patents that can be filed with the Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB), the administrative tribunal set up to decide such issues. Although the devil may...