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* * * * SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS CONSTITUTIONALITY OF INTER PARTES REVIEW, SAYS PATENTS ARE \u201cPUBLIC RIGHTS\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oil States Energy Servs., LLC v. Greene\u2019s Energy Grp., LLC, 16-712<\/em><\/a> — Today in an opinion by Justice THOMAS, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Federal Circuit affirmance of a USPTO inter partes review decision that Oil States\u2019 claims for technology used in hydraulic fracturing were invalid as anticipated. Oil States argued that IPR proceedings violated the U.S. Constitution by extinguishing private property rights through a non-Article III forum without a jury.<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court found that IPR does not violate Article III because the decision to grant a patent, and by extension to review a granted patent, involves a \u201cpublic right,\u201d the adjudication of which Congress has \u201csignificant latitude\u201d to assign. It explained that a patent is a \u201cpublic right\u201d because is \u201cinvolves a matter \u2018arising between the government and others.\u2019\u201d Prior Supreme Court decisions cited by Oil States that characterized patents as private property \u201cdo not contradict this conclusion\u201d and do not foreclose post-grant review. The Court noted its decision was to be read narrowly, addressing \u201conly the constitutionality of [IPR] and the precise constitutional challenge Oil States raised here. The decision should not be misconstrued as suggesting that patents are not property for purposes of the Due Process Clause or Takings Clause.\u201d The Article III holding compelled the conclusion that IPR proceedings do not violate the Seventh Amendment. Justice BREYER filed a concurring opinion joined by Justices GINSBURG and SOTOMAYOR.<\/p>\n

Justice GORSUCH filed a dissenting opinion joined by Chief Justice ROBERTS, arguing that historically a U.S. patent was considered a \u201cpersonal right\u201d that the government could divest \u201conly through proceedings before independent judges.\u201d<\/p>\n

IPO filed an amicus brief<\/a> in the case arguing that: 1) U.S. patents should not be characterized as public rights, 2) the Federal Circuit\u2019s statement in MCM Portfolio<\/em> that patents are public rights was incorrect, and 3) deeming patents to be public rights could be damaging to the interests of patent holders, as well as the patent system at large.
\n(1 to 4 stars rate impact of opinion on patent & trademark law)<\/em><\/p>\n

* * * * USPTO MUST ADDRESS PATENTABILITY OF EVERY CLAIM CHALLENGED IN IPR PETITION<\/strong><\/p>\n

SAS Inst. Inc. v. Iancu, 16-969<\/em><\/a> — Today in opinion by Justice Gorsuch, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the USPTO is required to decide the patentability of every claim challenged in a petition for inter partes review. ComplementSoft\u2019s claim was for an integrated development environment for generating and maintaining source code. In an IPR, the USPTO final written decision addressed patentability of only those claims for which it instituted the proceeding. SAS argued to the Federal Circuit that the PTAB had erred by not addressing every claim challenged in its petition. In a split opinion, the original Federal Circuit three-judge panel held that Patent Act section 318(a) \u201conly requires the Board to address claims as to which review was granted.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court found that the plain meaning of \u00a7 318(a), which says that the USPTO \u201cshall issue<\/em> a final written decision with respect to the patentability of any patent claim challenged by the petitioner<\/em>,\u201d supplies the \u201cready answer\u201d that \u201cthe agency cannot curate the claims at issue but must decide them all.\u201d The Court rejected the USPTO\u2019s argument that the Director \u201cretains discretion to decide which claims make it into an inter partes review and which don\u2019t,\u201d stating that \u201cnothing in the statute says anything like that\u201d and that \u201cif Congress wanted to adopt the Director\u2019s approach it knew exactly how to do so.\u201d The Court also rejected policy arguments, which it said were \u201cproperly addressed to Congress, not this Court.\u201d Chevron<\/em> deference did not apply given Congress\u2019 \u201cunmistakable commands,\u201d and the Court\u2019s holding in Cuozzo<\/em> finding that the decision to institute was \u201cfinal and unappealable\u201d was likewise irrelevant where, as here, \u201cthe Director exceeded his statutory authority.\u201d<\/p>\n

IPO filed an amicus brief<\/a> in the case arguing that \u201c[t]he plain language of the AIA requires the PTAB to issue a final written decision that addresses every claim challenged in the petition.\u201d<\/p>\n

Justice Ginsburg filed a dissenting opinion joined by Justices Breyer, Sotomayor, and KAGAN. Justice Breyer filed a dissenting opinion joined by Justices Ginsburg and Sotomayor and by Justice Kagan in part.
\n(1 to 4 stars rate impact of opinion on patent & trademark law)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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