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US tightens patent petition rules – MofCom complains

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What happened: On November 18, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MofCom) complained about recently revised transparency rules for US patent invalidation applications.
The (simplified) background: The issue relates to "inter partes review," a process that allows someone to challenge the validity of a pat...