Six-Year Limitations Bars Challenge to Regs 
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Published: December 13, 2011
Tags: Administrative, Judge Gerald Bruce Lee, U.S. District Court - Eastern District
An Alexandria U.S. District Court dismisses plaintiff corporation’s challenge to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s adoption in 2004 of two federal regulations the corporation says have hindered its ability to obtain and present relevant evidence in the course of certain inter partes reexamination proceedings, as the corporation’s complaint was not filed within six years ...
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