Brief Amici Curiae of Intellectual Property Professors in Support of Petitoner

Authors

Thomas G. Field Jr., Franklin Pierce Law Center
John F. Duffy, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Craig Allen Nard, Marquette University Law School

Abstract

Congress enacted the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) in 1946 as a comprehensive statute to regulate the field of federal administrative law. In holding that the PTO Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences is not subject to the standards of judicial review set forth in the APA, the [Zurko] decision isolates patent law from the rest of administrative law and undermines the APA’s goal of achieving consistency and uniformity in federal administrative law.

Publication Date

12-1-1998

Document Type

Article

Recommended Citation

Field, Thomas G. Jr.; Duffy, John F.; and Nard, Craig Allen, "Brief Amici Curiae of Intellectual Property Professors in Support of Petitoner" (1998). Law Faculty Scholarship. 403.
https://scholars.unh.edu/law_facpub/403

Additional Information

This brief was also made available as Paper 18 in the Pierce Law Faculty Scholarship Series by NELLCO (nellco.org).