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The PTAB Terminates IPR Based on Sovereign Immunity of University of Maryland

Written by Peter Law and Kerry S. Taylor, Ph.D. On May 23, 2017, the PTAB granted the University of Maryland’s (UM) motion to terminate inter partes review based on UM’s sovereign immunity in Neochord, Inc. v. Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore and…

May 26, 2017PTAB3 min read

Ericsson Tests Scope of the Ptab S Sovereign Immunity Holding

Written by Peter Law and Kerry S. Taylor, Ph.D. On January 25, 2017, a panel of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) held that “Eleventh Amendment Immunity bars the institution of an inter partes review against an unconsenting state that has not…

April 13, 2017PTAB2 min read