AIA Constitutional Challenge Referred To Attorney General

(December 11, 2018, 7:30 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A patent owner’s recent assertion that the America Invents Act (AIA) vests the judges of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) with excess authority in violation of the appointments clause of the U.S. Constitution was referred to the U.S. attorney general by the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Nov. 6 (Affinity Labs of Texas LLC v. Netflix Inc., Nos. 18-1920, -2020, Fed. Cir.)....