The Federal Circuit rejected a recent argument that the PTAB does not have inter partes review (IPR) jurisdiction over expired patents. Because even expired patents involve the grant of public rights, ...

On January 27, in Apple Inc. v. Gesture Technology Partners, LLC, the Federal Circuit held that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has jurisdiction to conduct inter partes reviews (IPRs) over ...

Boehringer Ingelheim, the world's largest private pharmaceutical company, was hit with an antitrust class action alleging that the company is using expired patents to delay competition between brand ...

“The USPTO should revise its systems to refuse maintenance fee payments for expired patents or give a warning if one attempts to pay a maintenance fee on an expired patent.” Editor’s note: This ...

“Under this view, the patentee could actually benefit from having a patent issue after its expiration date because the patent’s provisional-rights term would extend beyond the patent’s twenty-year ...

Boehringer Ingelheim, one of 10 companies sent a warning letter by the FTC disputing the accuracy of patent listings in the FDA's Orange Book, was hit with an class action lawsuit, alleging that the ...

Jason Ginenthal, a spokesperson for Boehringer Ingelheim, said the company "has never wrongfully submitted patents for listing in the Orange Book." Boehringer Ingelheim, the world’s largest private ...