Inter Partes Patent Challenges Are Constitutional, US Supreme Court Rules
Executive Summary
But Patent Trial and Appeals Board must issue final written decision on all claims raised by challenger – not just some of them, court says; rulings in two closely watched cases mean that IPR proceedings can continue unabated, but generic drug and biosimilar sponsors may need to rethink how they go about challenging innovator patent claims.
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