USA: Airbus S.A.S. v. Firepass Corporation, United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, 2014-1808, 17 July 2015

The Patent and Trial Appeal Board erred in dismissing Airbus S.A.S.’s appeal for lack of jurisdiction based on a lack of substantial new question of patentability because the Director had already ordered inter partes reexamination, according to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Airbus S.A.S. v. Firepass Corporation, July 17, 2015, Lourie, A.).

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