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31 March 2025NewsPatentsSarah Speight

Acting USPTO director enacts new PTAB policy with Motorola decision

Coke Morgan Stewart throws out Motorola’s challenges to a rival’s body-worn camera patents | Decision comes two days after Stewart established USPTO director authority over discretionary denial policy at the PTAB.

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