The US Supreme Court would create a mess that would need Congressional action were it to find inter partes reviews unconstitutional in the Oil States case. But a reversal of the Federal Circuit in this case is less likely than in other patent cases the court has taken on recently
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Rebecca Newman at Addleshaw Goddard, who live-reported on the seminal dispute, unpicks the trials and tribulations of the case and considers its impact