PTAB rules state sovereign immunity applies in IPR proceedings

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PTAB rules state sovereign immunity applies in IPR proceedings

February 01 2017
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The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has dismissed three inter partes review petitions filed by Covidien because the University of Florida Research Foundation is entitled to an Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity defence

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