The Secret is Out: CAFC Declares Patent Applications as Prior Art Before Publication in Lynk Labs
Lynk Labs, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., No. 2023-2346, 2025 WL 85559 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 14, 2025)
In Lynk Labs, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that found that a patent application filed before the priority date of Lynk Lab’s patent—but published after—could serve as prior art in an inter partes review (IPR).
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