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MORINVILLE et al v. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Case Number:
1:19-cv-01779
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Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action
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May 13, 2024
USPTO Fights Class Cert. Bid In Suit Over Patent Program
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has said a proposed group of inventors should not receive class certification in a suit alleging that the office's now-defunct program for flagging "sensitive" patent applications for extra review violated the Privacy Act.
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February 27, 2020
USPTO Largely Loses Bid To Toss Inventors' Privacy Suit
A D.C. federal judge has ruled that a class of inventors has sufficiently shown that a now-defunct U.S. Patent and Trademark Office program that flagged "sensitive" patent applications for extra review could have violated the Privacy Act, so most of the suit can survive for now.
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November 19, 2019
USPTO Keeps Pushing To End Secret Patent Reviews Suit
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is doubling down on its efforts to toss a proposed class action over its secret program for flagging "sensitive" patent applications, telling a D.C. federal court there is no supposed First Amendment right to file a patent application.
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September 30, 2019
USPTO Wants To Nix Class Claims Over Secret Patent Reviews
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is pushing to end a proposed class action over its secret program for flagging "sensitive" patent applications, telling a D.C. federal court that the lawsuit is based on a misunderstanding of how the now-defunct program worked.