Glaxo files motion for preliminary injunction and TRO to stop new rules, hearing on October 26?October 17, 2007 On Monday, Glaxo filed a motion for preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order in its lawsuit seeking to prevent implementation of the new USPTO rules regarding claim and continuation limits. The court has set a hearing for October 26, which the USPTO has requested by extended to October 31 in order to give it the full 11 days it would otherwise get to file a brief in response. The case is number 1:07-cv-01008-CMH-TRJ, and is assigned to Judge Claude M. Hilton, a Reagan appointee who has served in the Eastern District of Virginia since 1985, and took senior status beginning in 2006. Relevant links: Complaint Glaxo's motion for preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order Glaxo's brief in support of its motion Glaxo's proposed order granting its motion USPTO's response seeking additional time USPTO's proposed order granting additional time ← Return to Filewrapper