Kappos scraps rules package
08 October 2009
Eileen McDermott, New York
USPTO director David Kappos will rescind the hotly debated claims and continuations rules package imposed by his predecessor, Jon Dudas
The new director is expected to discuss the move during his live online interview with Managing IP, which takes place on Tuesday October 13 at 3:00 pm EST. Readers can listen to the interview for free by registering here.
The Office has also teamed up with GlaxoSmithKline to dismiss the pending en banc re-hearing at the Federal Circuit and vacate the district court’s April 2008 decision.
However, Triantafyllos Tafas’ attorney, Steven Moore of Kelley Drye & Warren, told Managing IP that they were not included in the discussions between GSK and the PTO, and, while happy about the rules being rescinded, are wary of the plan to vacate.
“We took the case to vindicate a small entity and to protect small inventors and entrepreneurships,” said Moore. “We’d like to keep the precedent on the books.”...
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