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8 January 2020PatentsSarah Morgan

IPR prompts US govt to double down on Arthrex rerun

The US government “strongly disagrees” with a recent US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit finding that the appointment of US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) patent review judges was unconstitutional.

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