Why Inter Partes And Post-Grant Review Are Game-Changers

Law360, New York ( January 8, 2013, 12:14 PM EST) -- Inter partes review (IPR) and post-grant review (PGR) "trials" at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office have the potential to be game-changers in the way patents are challenged in the future. After several attempts at creating USPTO-based proceedings that are efficient and effective, there is much in the new IPR and PGR that lend credence to the notion that Congress finally hit on a combination of pure patent litigation and USPTO procedure that will be attractive to patent challengers. Patent owners are already gearing up to defend against these proceedings, knowing the advantages they present for patent challengers....

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