LSI Corp. v. Regents of the University of Minnesota (Fed. Cir. 2022)

By Kevin E. Noonan — A little more than three years ago, the Federal Circuit rejected the University of Minnesota’s contention that LSI was barred from bringing (and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board barred from hearing) an inter partes review of certain University-owned patents under the sovereign immunity doctrine; see "Regents of the University of Minnesota v. LSI Corp. (Fed. Cir. 2019)"). Last week the Federal Circuit ruled on the outcome of the remaining IPR at issue in the prior appeal, affirming the PTAB’s decision that two of the challenged claims were not invalid, in LSI Corp. v. Regents…