Managing Intellectual Property

GSK and Tafas take USPTO back to court

08 July 2009

Eileen McDermott, New York

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will re-hear en banc the case against the USPTO’s claims and continuations rules package

In December, a three-judge panel of the CAFC heard the parties' arguments in the USPTO's appeal of Judge James Cacheris' April 2008 decision to grant a permanent injunction against the Office's final rules.

The rules would limit the number of continuing applications and claims applicants are...



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