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IP stakeholders split on potential impact of US PTAB rulemaking

By Nick Robertson ( December 3, 2025, 20:47 GMT | Insight) -- In comments responding to a proposed overhaul of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, major IP policy groups and other stakeholders were divided over the impact of making inter partes review more difficult to access. While supporters hailed the move as critical for reining in abuse of the procedure, opponents warned the changes could go too far and curb innovation.Dozens of influential IP policy groups, organizations representing patent owners and inventors and other stakeholders gave mixed responses to a US Patent and Trademark Office proposal to change how the Patent Trial and Appeal Board institutes inter partes review (IPR) petitions. ...

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