PTAB Misconduct Rule Won't Deter Hedge Fund Attacks

By Erin Coe ( September 1, 2015, 11:18 PM EDT) -- The latest rule package for America Invents Act reviews would arm the Patent Trial and Appeal Board with the ability to sanction attorneys for not doing an adequate prefiling investigation and for making representations to the board for an "improper purpose," a new tool that attorneys say won't likely thwart patent challenges by hedge funds that some view as an abuse of the system....

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