Comments about the PTAB

March 4, 2025 : PTAB Bar Association sends letters to the Secretary of Commerce and Congress (LINK).

March 12, 2025: Former Congressman Trey Gowdy publishes “Outcompeting China With Intellectual Property Leadership” on The Daily Signal’s Commentary webpage (LINK).

March 26, 2025: Former Congressman Bob Goodlatte publishes “The Case for the Patent Trial and Appeal Board That Congress Envisioned” in the American Bar Association’s Landslide magazine of Spring 2025 (LINK (requires ABA membership)).

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