PTO’s Right To Fees Under Section 145 To Be Decided By Supreme Court

Mealey's (March 4, 2019, 10:14 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Efforts by Andrei Iancu, undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), to recoup attorney fees incurred by his agency in its successful defense of challenges to rejected patent applications moved one step closer March 4, when the U.S. Supreme Court granted his petition for certiorari (Andrei Iancu v. NantKwest Inc., No. 18-801, U.S. Sup.)....