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Madstad Engineering, Inc. et al v. U.S. Patent & Trademark Office et al
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8:12-cv-01589
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May 09, 2013
Inventor Loses Challenge To First-To-File Patent System
A Florida federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a suit alleging that it was unconstitutional for the U.S. to change to a first-to-file patent system, ruling that the inventor challenging the switch lacked standing to sue.
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March 06, 2013
USPTO Says Wiretapping Ruling Sinks 1st-To-File Challenge
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office told a Florida federal court Tuesday that the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling on warrantless wiretapping supports its position that an inventor trying to block the U.S. from switching to a first-to-file patent system lacks standing to sue.
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September 19, 2012
USPTO Says Inventor's Patent Reform Suit Claims No Injury
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday sought to ditch an inventor's lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the agency's new first-to-file patent registration system, telling a Florida federal court that the inventor's opposition to the new system is based on merely hypothetical injury.
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September 14, 2012
AIA Challenger Says First-To-File Will Cost Inventors
A man who wants a Florida federal court to stop the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act from going into effect said Thursday that the first-inventor-to-file patent registration system would have a devastating effect on him and his fellow inventors while running against the U.S. Constitution.
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August 31, 2012
USPTO Defends AIA's First-To-File System As Constitutional
The first-inventor-to-file system championed by the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act will neither stifle innovation nor violate the U.S. Constitution, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office said Thursday in an attempt to prevent an injunction stopping the system from going into effect.