Abhyanker
Abhyanker v. United States Patent & Trademark Office
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 RAJ ABHYANKER, Case No. 23-cv-00746-AMO
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE: DEFENDANT’S MOTION
v. FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
UNITED STATES PATENT & Re: Dkt. No.
TRADEMARK OFFICE,
11 Defendant.
12 This is a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) case. Defendant United States Patent & Trademark Office’s (“USPTO”) motion for summary judgment was heard before this Court on May 9, 2024. Having carefully considered the arguments advanced at the hearing, together with the parties’ papers, as well as the relevant legal authority, the Court hereby GRANTS USPTO’s motion, for the following reasons. The Court additionally considers the several pending administrative motions to seal. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Raj Abhyanker is an attorney and principal of the law firm Legalforce RAPC Worldwide, P.C. He initiated a FOIA request and this lawsuit based on a FOIA request to obtain documents related to the USPTO’s ethics investigation into his legal…