Engine Leads Letter to Judiciary Committees Over Patent Quality Concerns

Engine and 14 other organizations wrote to the House and Senate Judiciary committees this week asking policymakers to investigate the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s increasing use of discretionary denials. The PTAB has taken recent steps which weaken inter partes review, an important tool for improving patent quality. The letter expressed concerns about the problematic consequences of this recent trend— including an increase in abusive litigation and forum shopping in suits against startups.