21 June 2021PatentsAlex Baldwin

BREAKING: SCOTUS says IPRs should be reviewable in Arthrex; hands more power to USPTO director

The US Supreme Court has confirmed that judges for the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) act as unconstitutional principal officers, and should therefore have been appointed by the President, in its final ruling in United States v Arthrex.

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