Law360 (November 7, 2007, 12:00 AM EST) -- Judge Cacheris of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ordered the United States Patent and Trademark Office to do its job under the long-standing rules of the game that all innovators have relied upon.
The PTO asserted in its briefing and in open court that it is crippled in its ability to handle newly filed patent applications, but the court found that the shortcuts the PTO tried to grant itself by virtue of its newly proposed rules likely overstep its authority...
PTO Ruling: The Court's Opinion
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