USPTO Should Deter Abuse Of Ex Parte Reexaminations

By: Partner Craig Smith

Article published on Law360

When companies are sued for patent infringement, a common litigation strategy is to challenge the validity of the patent in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Although there are several administrative procedures for contesting the validity of a patent, a 40-year-old process called ex parte reexamination has come back into vogue.

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