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Revision as of 08:48, 14 July 2010

This article describes which bodies handle approval, rejection, and disputes of patent validity in the USA.

The stages of litigation


  • When you sue someone for patent infringement, the validity of the patent can be called into question, and this litigation is in a District Court


  • To contest the district court's ruling, you go to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC)
    • When the CAFC hears a case en banc, this means that all the judges participated, not just a subset; this is usually done for important cases where the CAFC wants to set a precedent
  • To contest the CAFC's ruling, you can apply to the Supreme Court (sometimes abbreviated "SCOTUS")
    • This is called applying for certiorari
  • If the Supreme Court grants certiorari, they will rule on it with the highest authority of the USA

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