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Federal Circuit Agrees to En Banc Rehearing on Whether PTAB’s 1-Year-Bar Decisions Are Reviewable, <i>PTAB Litigation Blog</i>

Federal Circuit Agrees to En Banc Rehearing on Whether PTAB’s 1-Year-Bar Decisions Are Reviewable, PTAB Litigation Blog

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Today the Federal Circuit agreed to rehear en banc the panel decision in Wi-Fi One v. Broadcom Corp. on the issue of whether the PTAB’s findings regarding 35 U.S.C. § 315(b)’s one year bar can be reviewed on appeal.  This question tests the interplay between § 315(b) and 35 U.S.C. § 314(d)’s statement that the "determination by the Director whether to institute an inter partes review under this section shall be final and nonappealable."

Read the full article at ptablitigationblog.com.