Legal Opinion
Regents of the Univ. of Minn. v. Lsi Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided June 14, 2019No. 2018-1559; 2018-1560; 2018-1561; 2018-1562; 2018-1563; 2018-1564; 2018-1565PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Dyk, Circuit Judge.
*1330 The Regents of the University of Minnesota ("UMN") appeals from decisions by the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("Board") declining to dismiss petitions for inter partes review ("IPR"). The petitions were alleged to be improper because states supposedly enjoy sovereign immunity in IPR proceedings. We conclude that state sovereign immunity does not apply to these proceedings, and therefore we affirm.
BACKGROUND
The University of Minnesota is an arm of the state of Minnesota and is one of the largest public research…
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