Denial of PTAB Amendment: Arbitrary and Capricious

Veritas Tech v. Veeam Software (Fed. Cir. 2016) In an important decision, the Federal Circuit issued a limited rejection of Inter Partes Review amendment procedure — holding that the PTAB acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner by denying the patentee’s motion to amend its challenged claims. Although claim amendments are officially allowed in IPR proceedings, the Patent Trial […]