by Dennis Crouch
In re Cisco Systems Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2020)
PTAB denied Cisco's petitions to institute inter partes review (IPR) against two patents owned by Tel Aviv Univ. (Ramot). The statute is clear that the decision of whether to institute is not appealable, but Cisco filed for writ of mandamus with the Federal Circuit. Mandamus has now been denied.