Comments on: Inventor Challenges Patent Office Rules in Virginia

By: Patent Baristas » Court Splits the Baby on Patent Office Continuation Rules. Expect More Tension.

Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:59:43 +0000

[...] the original case, the district court first determined that that the USPTO did not have substantive rule-making [...]

By: Patent Baristas » Oral Arguments Get Laughs in

Patent Baristas » Oral Arguments Get Laughs in — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 15:44:47 +0000

[...] Well, oral arguments were held yesterday at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to hear the matter of the Tafas v. Dudas (US Patent Office), an appeal of the claims and continuations rules promulgated by the USPTO which were preliminarily enjoined and ultimately permanently enjoined by the District Court effect (Final Rules; 72 Federal Register 161 at 46716). See Tafas v. Dudas and the United States Patent and Trademark Office. [...]

By: Patent Baristas » Briefs Flying In Patent Office Appeal of Continuation Rules

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:18:39 +0000

[...] Earlier, Dr. Triantafyllos Tafas’ lawsuit, arguing that the proposed U.S. Patent Office continuation rules are void for exceeding its authority, won a permanent injunction prohibiting the USPTO from putting the new rules changes into effect (Final Rules; 72 Federal Register 161 at 46716). Tafas v. Dudas and the United States Patent and Trademark Office. [...]

By: Patent Baristas » No Fooling Around with New Patent Blog

Patent Baristas » No Fooling Around with New Patent Blog — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:23:54 +0000

[...] As an example of what to expect, Gene calls for the USPTO to withdraw its appeal of the permanent injunction enacted by a district court prohibiting the USPTO from putting the new rule changes into effect (Tafas v. Dudas). [...]

By: Patent Baristas » Is the USPTO Trying to Put Itself In A Better Light On Appeal?

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:02:50 +0000

[...] in the Claims and Continuations Final Rule were permanently enjoined by the district court in Tafas v. Dudas. That decision is currently on appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The [...]