On Friday, June 27, US*MADE filed an amicus brief in the matter of In re: Motorola Solutions Inc. (25-134) in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
As the brief asserts, USPTO’s retroactive procedural denials are deeply prejudicial to US manufactures and small businesses’ ability to innovate in a system that favors stability and technical expertise. “The PTAB is the only adversarial forum for reviewing
patent validity that is staffed by technical experts. It was Congress itself that determined that district courts are insufficient for addressing the difficult scientific questions that often arise in patent cases. Congress decided that American businesses have a legitimate interest in operating freely from the assertion of invalid patents—and that PTAB proceedings are necessary to protect that interest.”