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USPTO Again Reaffirms That Strong Patent Remedies Serve the Public Interest
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today submitted a Joint Public Interest Comment to the U.S. International Trade Commission in Inv. No. 337-TA-3854, emphasizing that the public interest is best served when valid U.S. patent rights are fully and effectively enforced.
The USPTO’s filing explains that patents are constitutional property rights that have powered America’s leadership in technologies “from Morse’s telegraph to modern semiconductors, biologics, and artificial intelligence.” Strong patent protection encourages the investment-based risk taking needed to create and bring to market new technologies.
The Joint Comment with the Department of Justice cautions against approaches that would transform public-interest considerations into preliminary hurdles or de facto barriers to enforcement. Congress designed patent remedies—including injunctions and exclusion orders—to operate as reliable tools for protecting innovation and fueling economic growth.
The USPTO noted that weakening remedies undermines America’s innovation ecosystem, which depends on predictable, enforceable patent rights. The Office recently expressed similar views in its June 2025 Joint Statement of Interest filing with the Department of Justice in Radian Memory Systems v. Samsung, highlighting that patents are unique assets whose value is often not captured through monetary damages alone.
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