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1 week agoOther Barks & Bites for Friday, October 3: CAFC Won't Revive US Inventor Case Against USPTO for Denying Petition for Rulemaking; Value of EU Counterfeit Seizures Hits Single-Year Record; and USPTO Tells Employees 1% of Workforce Will Be Laid Off
This week in Other Barks & Bites: USPTO Acting Commissioner for Patents Valencia Martin Wallace sends an internal email to staff indicating that 1% of the agency's workforce will be laid off; U.S. sales of electric vehicles hit a record during the third quarter of 2025 just as federal subsidies for EV purchases ended; the Federal Circuit nixes US Inventor's pursuit of associational standing to sue the USPTO for denying its petition for rulemaking on discretionary denial criteria for AIA trials;
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