Thursday, 18 January 2018

VPATAPP Alert_As Niche Patent Practice Area Ramps Up, Big Law Firms Jump In


New practice area evolves as more than 7,900 patent validity challenges filed at patent office since September 2012
U.S. Supreme Court will rule on constitutionality of the proceedings, attorneys aren’t worried
Big law firms have ramped up to handle an evolving new patent practice area: patent validity challenges that have quickly become the battleground for an increasing number of multi-billion dollar disputes.

More and more intellectual property law attorneys now practice before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), a patent office tribunal created by a 2011 law as a fast-track and less expensive alternative to patent validity challenges in federal district courts.

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