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USPTO Chief Broke Rules To Hire Relative's Beau, OIG Says

By Vin Gurrieri (July 11, 2014, 5:48 PM EDT) -- Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, said during a Congressional hearing Friday that the chief trademark commissioner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has threatened to sue the U.S. Department of Commerce's inspector general for releasing an unredacted report that claims the commissioner improperly hired a relative's fiance....

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