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New Patent Appeal Rules Draw Fire
Patent lawyers are criticizing the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's new rules for appeals and are insisting that the changes make appeals more costly and cumbersome. Critics also charge that the new rules impose vague sanctions standards that give the office's appeals board too much power.About-Face: Firms, Lawyers Persuade Judge to Vacate Sua Sponte Rule 11 Sanctions
U.S. District Judge Terry Means of Fort Worth has vacated $35,000 in sanctions he had imposed sua sponte against four firms and seven lawyers, doing away with his previous finding that they had engaged in "attorney misconduct" while litigating a patent case. As part of order in april, Means took the unusual step of issuing sanctions, sua sponte, against four firms and seven lawyers who had represented a patent holder in the patent-infringement suit. But four months later, Means changed his mind and issued a 52-page opinion and order vacating the sanctions against the attorneys and firms.Trending Stories
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