In this week’s episode of IPWatchdog Unleashed, we dive into the intricacies of patent enforcement with Scott McKeown, a partner with Wolf Greenfield and author of PatentsPostGrant.com. McKeown, who has a reputation as one of America’s top practitioners at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), shares insights into the continually evolving landscape of patents, patent litigation, PTAB challenges and regulatory upheaval at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). We specifically discuss the biggest issues facing the USPTO generally, and the PTAB specifically, namely, the increase in discretionary denials under the Trump Administration, the fact that across all aspects of government it seems we are governing by memorandum, how what we are seeing at the USPTO now is a snap back from the past several years but can’t be expected to last forever, the demise of the patent examiners union, and more.

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