POPA's new 3rd party platform - called ENGAGE - is live! We are deeply appreciative of the interest in the new platform and please understand that we are gradually sending out emails to our employees who have provided us with non-USPTO emails because we do not want to overload the system.
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Judge Paul L Friedman has overruled the Trump Administration's objection to the jurisdiction for the case challanging the executive order that dismantled POPA's bargaining rights.
The Trump administration has asked for two cases from labor unions that represent employees of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and other agencies challenging an executive order that ended their collective bargaining rights to be reassigned to different judges, saying the cases in D.C. federal court are unrelated to other suits challenging the order.
Two Commerce Department unions whose collective bargaining rights were stripped by this Labor Day Executive Order bring this suit to restore the collective voice of the public servants they represent.