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9 October 2019Rory O'Neill

SCOTUS unconvinced by USPTO attorneys’ fees exception: lawyers

The US Supreme Court this week heard oral arguments in a case centred on whether the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) can claim an exception to the so-called ‘American Rule’, which normally requires each party to pay their own attorneys’ fees in patent litigation.

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