Federal Agencies Not Eligible To Challenge Patents In PTAB Trials, PTAB Litigation Blog
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On June 10, in a 6-3 decision in Return Mail, Inc. v. United States Postal Service, the Supreme Court ruled that a federal agency is not a “person” eligible to request post-issuance review of a patent under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA).
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