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Supreme Court Reviews Constitutionality of PTAB Proceedings, <i>PTAB Litigation Blog</i>

Supreme Court Reviews Constitutionality of PTAB Proceedings, PTAB Litigation Blog

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On Monday, the Supreme Court heard arguments regarding the constitutionality of PTAB post-grant trials in Oil States Energy Servs., LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC, No. 16-712 (U.S.). The question posed to the Court is "Whether inter partes review—an adversarial process used by the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) to analyze the validity of existing patents—violates the Constitution by extinguishing private property rights through a non-Article III forum without a jury."

Read the full article at ptablitgationblog.com.

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