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30 March 2017

IPRs Are Not Time Barred By An Earlier ITC Complaint, PTAB Litigation Blog

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Recent decisions by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) clarify that only a district court action, not an ITC complaint, will trigger this one year bar.
United States Intellectual Property

Since their introduction as part of the America Invents Act, Inter Partes Reviews (IPRs) have proven to be a powerful tool for parties accused on patent infringement. One important constraint on their deployment is a one year limit to filing an IPR request after a party is accused of patent infringement. Recent decisions by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) clarify that only a district court action, not an ITC complaint, will trigger this one year bar.

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