U.S. Patent office News

Supreme Court Justices Question Patent Tribunal’s Constitutionality

U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday signaled they may rein in the power of in-house judges serving on a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office tribunal who have the ability to cancel patents in a case involving a dispute between surgical …

Conservatives Now Want to Abolish Board They Hoped Would Curtail Patent Suits

In August, a dozen inventors gathered around a fire pit outside the headquarters of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, Virginia, and set alight patents they said had been rendered worthless by an overreaching federal government. “It’s time …

Supreme Court Upholds Quick Patent Cancellation Process in Speedometer Case

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled against Cuozzo Speed Technologies Corp. in its challenge to a federal agency’s procedures for canceling patents in a case involving a vehicle speedometer that tells drivers when they are speeding. The justices’ 8-0 …

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Challenge to U.S. Patent Review Process

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether a federal agency’s procedures have made it too easy to successfully cancel patents after agreeing last Friday to decide a case involving a vehicle speedometer that alerts drivers if they are speeding. The …