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Following USPTO Director John Squires' de-designation of SharkNinja Operating LLC v. iRobot Corp. as precedential, the latest round of de-designated decisions on real parties in interest (RPI) is worth consideration. Last fall, Squires returned the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) to the controlling standard from Corning Optical Communications RF, LLC 1 v. PPC Broadband Inc., which requires the true RPIs to be identified in the petition as a threshold matter in order for the petition to be considered.

The U.S. Tax Court recently issued a taxpayer favorable opinion regarding how a trust materially participates in its activities.