Ethernet patent inventor given permission to question validity of his own patent
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/11/14/ethernet_patent_inventor/
The inventor of two patents that covers Ethernet switching products has been given permission to question the validity of his own invention.
That's the unusual upshot of a decision by a US federal appeals court this week, which ruled anyone – including the original inventor – is entitled to challenge the validity of a patent.