GlaxoSmithKline Files Complaint Against USPTO Over New Rules.

A suit was filed against the USPTO on October 9, 2007 in U.S. District Court (E.D. Va.), seeking a preliminary and permanent injunction on the new claims and continuations rules scheduled to become effective on November 1st.

A copy of the complaint may be downloaded here.

Hat tip to Gene Quinn at the the PLI Blog.  Commentary also at the Patent Prospector.