Panel Finds No Jurisdiction Over Allegation Patent Board Violated APA

Mealey's (November 18, 2020, 1:57 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a Nov. 17 holding, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals rejected efforts by Koninklijke Philips NV to challenge a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to institute inter partes review (IPR) of a touchscreen patent (Koninklijke Philips N.V. v. Andrei Iancu, No. 19-2040, Fed. Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 36090)....