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USPTO Files Opening Brief in Tafas v. Dudas Appeal

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Donald Zuhn and Benjamin Huber -- Last Friday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and USPTO Director Jon Dudas filed their opening brief in the Tafas v. Dudas appeal. As we previously reported, the Patent Office and Director Dudas had until July 18th (i.e., sixty days from the May 19th docketing date) to serve and file their opening brief. The Appellees -- Dr. Triantafyllos Tafas and SmithKline Beecham Corp., SmithKline Beecham PLC, and Glaxo Group Ltd. (GSK) -- now have until August 27th, absent any extensions, to file their brief. By now, many patent practitioners are probably quite familiar...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on July 23, 2008 (boomark / email).