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29 March 2018Americas

Federal Circuit orders stay of PTAB’s Restasis proceedings

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ordered the Patent and Trial Appeal Board (PTAB) to halt its review of patents covering a dry eye medication while the court considers arguments that tribal immunity protects the patents from board proceedings.

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