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Voters in the Kansas City area reject a sales tax proposal to fund a new stadium for the Royals and renovate Arrowhead Stadium for the Chiefs... a flurry of activity in the Kansas Legislature results in several bills heading to the governor... and health officials raise concern about the spread of avian influenza after a Texas dairy worker contracts bird flu. Those headlines and more, inside.

A published U.S. patent application that never issued as a patent can be used as the basis for an IPR challenge because it’s printed and it’s a publication, right? Not so fast.

More than a decade ago Congress considered, and rejected, any standing requirements for post-grant proceedings. Congress could hardly have been more explicit. The provisions were...

Special absentee voting hours at the Town Clerks Office on Saturday, April 22nd from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

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On the first of February, in Qualcomm Inc. v. Apple Inc., the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“the CAFC”) vacated and remanded the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“the Board”)...

Section 311(b) limits inter partes review to “ground[s] that could be raised under section 102 or 103 and only on the basis of prior art consisting of patents or printed...

Addressing the type of prior art that may form the basis of an inter partes review IPR proceeding, the Federal Circuit vacated an unpatentability finding based on applicant admitted prior art in the challenged patent. Qualcomm Inc. v. Apple Inc.

Addressing the type of prior art that may form the basis of an inter partes review (IPR) proceeding, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated an unpatentability finding...