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INVENTION SUBMISSION CORPORATION v. ROGAN

No. CIV.A. 02-1038-A.

229 F.Supp.2d 498 (2002)

INVENTION SUBMISSION CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. James E. ROGAN, Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Department of Commerce, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Alexandria Division.

October 30, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. Sullivan, Jr., Reed Smith LLP, Falls Church, VA, for Plaintiff.

Rachel C. Ballow, Asst. U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Alexandria, VA, for Defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BRINKEMA, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on defendant's Motion to Dismiss plaintiff's complaint. For the reasons set forth below, the motion will be granted.

BACKGROUND

This case arises out of efforts by the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("PTO") to implement the Inventors' Rights Act of 1999 ("IRA"). 35 U.S.C. § 297 (2002). The IRA was designed to protect inventors who each...

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