House Panel to Weigh Federal Circuit’s Patent Judges Ruling (1)

A House Judiciary panel will examine a recent Federal Circuit decision that Patent and Trademark Office administrative judges were unconstitutionally appointed.

The committee’s Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet subcommittee is planning a Nov. 19 hearing to discuss how the ruling in Arthrex v. Smith & Nephew affects litigants and attorneys filing challenges at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

Arti Rai, a professor at Duke Law; John Duffy, a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law; Robert Armitage, an IP policy and strategy consultant, and John Whealan, the dean for IP law studies at George Washington University ...