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.