Patent Office Has Authority Over Petitions, Court Told

By Andrew Karpan (September 22, 2023, 8:10 PM EDT) -- The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has asked a federal court in California to rule the agency has the authority to tell patent judges what petitions they can take without having to go through the whole rulemaking process, seeking to sink a legal challenge from tech companies like Apple and Google....

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