AbbVie, Genentech Raise New Constitutional Challenge To Inter Partes Review
Executive Summary
Firms contend that IPR should not apply to patents filed before America Invents Act was enacted, objecting to IPR decisions invalidating Humira, Avastin and Herceptin patents.
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