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Appellees Move for Recusal of Chief Judge Rader in AMP v. USPTO Appeal

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

By Donald Zuhn -- In a motion filed on June 28, Plaintiffs-Appellees in the Association for Molecular Pathology v. United States Patent and Trademark case have moved for Chief Judge Randall R. Rader to recuse himself from any involvement in the appeal. The motion, which was filed by attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) (the same two organizations that represented Plaintiffs-Appellees before the District Court), is based on Chief Judge Rader's attendance at events at which the case was discussed and his comments at two such events. In particular, the motion states that...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on July 20, 2010 (boomark / email).