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Patent Rights: Assignors Transferring Rights and Infringing on Assigned Patents

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Patent Rights: Assignors Transferring Rights and Infringing on Assigned Patents. v Hologic case, t he US Supreme Court (“SCOTUS”) ruled that assignor estoppel is limited and may allow a previous assignor, under specific circumstances, to challenge the validity of patents they have subsequently reassigned.

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The PTAB Needs Procedural Consistency

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Panel Dependency Reinforces Bad Behaviors As discussed last October, the Patent Trial & Appeal Board’s (PTAB) lack of consistency in addressing attorney misbehavior is a growing problem. Attorneys that practice in district courts would never disregard applicable local rules.