Dallas Principal Scott Hejny provided commentary for Bloomberg Law's article "Tech Companies Use Rare Appellate Route to Fight Patent Office." The article discusses how companies are using mandamus petitions to challenge the policies that were put into place retroactively by the USPTO after patent challenges were filed. These policies make it more difficult to get patent validity challenges heard at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), and petitioners argue that it is unconstitutional. Scott comments on the response to the rapid change and the "ideological split" between the USPTO and the Federal Circuit.
The full article can be found here.