United States Intervenes To Defend Inter Partes Review Of Pre-AIA Patents

Mealey's (December 12, 2019, 12:01 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a Dec. 9 intervenor brief, the U.S. government tells the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that inter partes review (IPR) of a patent issued prior to passage of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is not a retroactive application of the law but that even if it were, it would not violate due process (Sound View Innovations LLC v. Hulu LLC, et al., Nos. 19-1865, -1866, -1867, Fed. Cir.)....