On September 28, 2022, the Federal Circuit reversed and remanded a decision from the Northern District of California granting a Rule 12 Motion to Dismiss on the basis that claims of U.S. Patent No. 9,432,452 were invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101. Coop. Entm’t, Inc. v....
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Fifth Circuit Denies Patent Owners’ Attempt To Formalize PTAB’s Discretionary Denials
In 2021, an organization of patent owners and various patent-holding companies sued the USPTO in the Eastern District of Texas. The patent owners sought to force the USPTO Director to engage in notice-and-comment rulemaking regarding the standards for discretionary...