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Authored by: Tolerance on Saturday, May 19 2012 @ 06:51 PM EDT |
This is wonderful; as a spectacle, I mean. We have the extremely pro-patent
Judge Newman frothing at the mouth because the PTO, of the executive branch, has
had the temerity to override the Federal Judiciary; and it gets away with it
because the legislative branch sides with the executive:
"... Judge Newman ... seems incredulous that the court should permit an
administrative agency to nullify a decision of a federal court. She is not
aware of any counterpart in other areas of the law where an agency can override
a court decision ..."
Her reaction here is at least in part wounded pride. The court could have
avoided this proceeding by a stay, which one of the original panel suggested,
citing precisely this scenario. Newman pooh-poohed the possibility and is now
hoist by her own petard.
The article is right about one thing: this will not be an isolated case; the
recent patent revamp (America Invents Act) provides for more such
second-guessing of the judiciary by the executive, on a much larger scale.
Result:
"Infringers and competitors can get multiple attempts to invalidate
patents? If they lose in one venue, they can simply re-file the case in another
venue? What a waste of judicial and PTO resources."
But it's a waste Americans have (indirectly) voted for. This situation has the
express approval of the legislative branch (because that's what the lobbyists
want).
I await eagerly the first challenge before SCOTUS. It's a train wreck, I tell
you. Where's the popcorn?
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