The Federal Circuit recently made ex parte reexamination proceedings more attractive for those accused of patent infringement. The Court’s decision in In re Gesture Technology Partners, LLC, No.

In In Re Gesture Technology Partners, LLC, Case No. 2025-1075 (Fed. Cir. December 1, 2025) (“Gesture”), the Federal Circuit reinforced the power of ex parte reexaminations as powerful tools for ...

After the Patent Trial and Appeal Board made the Apple v Fintiv ruling precedential in 2020, ex-parte reexamination filings surged. Patent challengers submitted 326 of these requests at the USPTO in ...

So much happened on Good Friday with A.A.R.P. v. Trump that one item has slipped through the cracks. The ACLU made a request for an injunction after hours on the voicemail of Judge Hendrix's chambers.

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