Despite Remand, Federal Circuit Won’t Require Board To Consider Fraud Claim

Mealey's (June 12, 2018, 7:20 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a June 11 order, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals granted a joint motion to remand to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board an inter partes review (IPR) of an animal litter patent but declined a petitioner’s request that the court order the board to address allegations of fraud or sanctions stemming from documents produced in a parallel district court case (Nestlé Purina Petcare Company v. Oil-Dri Corporation of America, No. 17-1744, Fed. Cir.)....