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  1. March 13, 2023

    Fintiv Challenge Rolls On, But Odds Of Sinking Rule Dwindle

    While the Federal Circuit on Monday gave new life to a suit challenging the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's contentious Fintiv rule, it seems unlikely that the eventual outcome of the case will result in meaningful changes to the policy, attorneys say.

  2. March 13, 2023

    Fed. Circ. Revives Tech Giants' Suit Targeting Fintiv

    The Federal Circuit ruled Monday that Apple can pursue a lawsuit alleging that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's practice of denying patent reviews due to looming district court trials was imposed without proper rulemaking, undoing a lower court's dismissal.

  3. January 12, 2023

    Fed. Circ. Stuck On How To Appeal PTAB Policy In Fintiv Case

    A Federal Circuit panel on Thursday seemed wary that Apple, Cisco and other large companies used a roundabout way to challenge the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Fintiv policy, while also calling into question how far the government believes the agency director's discretion goes.

  4. January 05, 2023

    IP Forecast: Big Tech's Fintiv Fight Heads To Fed. Circ.

    The Federal Circuit will hear arguments from some of the biggest names in the tech field that Patent Trial and Appeal Board judges don't have the power to reject patent challenges based on co-pending infringement suits in federal courts. Here's a look at that case — plus all the other major intellectual property matters on deck in the coming week.

  5. January 03, 2023

    Riding Circuit: January's Notable Appellate Arguments

    Circuit courts will kick off 2023 with oral arguments by parties questioning the authority given to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, pushing back against U.S. Patent and Trademark Office policy on patent reviews and claiming Chinese nationals were wrongly targeted for alleged economic espionage.

  6. May 02, 2022

    NHK-Fintiv Can't Be Challenged, Patent Office Tells Fed. Circ.

    The patent office has laid out its argument in front of the Federal Circuit that tech companies don't have the right to use the federal courts to challenge a Patent Trial and Appeal Board precedent called NHK-Fintiv.

  7. February 16, 2022

    Tesla, Comcast, Dell, Mylan Join Tech Cos. In Fighting Fintiv

    Several tech and auto companies, and one prominent generic-drug maker have lodged briefs in the Federal Circuit in support of a group of mainly tech companies fighting against a Patent Trial and Appeal Board precedent called NHK-Fintiv.

  8. February 09, 2022

    Tech Giants Urge Fed. Circ. To Abolish 'Unlawful' Fintiv Rule

    In their bid to revive a suit challenging the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's controversial practice of denying patent reviews due to looming district court trials, Apple, Google and other tech companies told the Federal Circuit a California federal judge wrongly determined the America Invents Act bars the suit.