IPR Daily
A divided federal appeals court has ruled that the US Patent and Trademark Office can seek attorneys’ fees from parties who sue the agency over rejected patent applications.
A 2-1 panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a federal judge who denied the USPTO’s application for $78,000 in attorneys’ fees from biotech company NantKwest.
Read the full ruling here.
Source: IP Strategy News
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