A split panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit concluded that the structure and functions of the Patent Trial & Appeal Board PTAB survived yet another constitutional challenge, this time based on the PTAB’s fee and compensation structure.
msnbc political analyst michelle bernard is president of the bernard center for women. politics and public policy. ruth and alissa the naleid itor of the associated press. we ll do a split panel, get our friend alan kruger in and come back. so newt versus mitt. you heard mitt romney was on this morning on fox. every day this week there s been the distraction, the shiny metal object that is herman cain but every day this week newt and romney have just turned up the volume a little bit on starting to engage. they ve turned up the volume and it s really frankly quite interesting to watch the differences between the two of them. i actually afwrgree with newt gingrich when he says he doesn t have to focus on distinguishing himself. we know him. whether you like his policy or not there is something charismatic about newt gingrich particularly in comparison to mitt romney. i think right now mitt romney is in for the fight of his life because we constantly keep hearing from the electorate an