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FTC, DOJ File Joint Comments on PTO Initiative To Increase Patent Quality

The FTC and Department of Justice “support increasing patent quality as part of their mission to protect and promote competition and consumer welfare,” and offered recommendations to the Patent and Trademark Office on how to balance the interests of patentees…

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and the public, in joint comments submitted to the office in response to the PTO’s “comprehensive initiative to increase the quality of granted patents,” an FTC news release said Thursday.