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Another startup bites the dust, courtesy of patent trolls
A handful of interest groups like to claim that patent trolls are a myth—that they're a straw man used to shape IP policy in ways that are harmful to patent holders. Mycroft AI is one of many startu...
How Challenging Low Quality Patents is Lowering Drug Prices
The FTC made headlines in May when it announced it was challenging over 300 “junk” patents in the FDA’s “Orange Book,” including patents on popular drugs like Ozempic and Victoza. With this ...
Incremental Progress on Valve
In March, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Kathi Vidal vacated earlier Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decisions that denied patent validity challenges brought by Honda Motor Co., Genera...
Unified Patents’ 2023 Trends in Patent Litigation
From the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to new revelations about litigation investment entities, and the launch of the Unified Patent Court...
The PREVAIL Act: A Step Backward for Patent Policy
How often does someone offer you an option that is not only cheaper and faster, but also better? Not very often, I would guess.
Yet that is what is provided to patent litigants via patent val...
Correcting the Record on the PREVAIL Act
Earlier this month, the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property held a hearing to discuss Reforming the Patent Trial and Appeal Board – The PREVAIL Act and Proposals to Promote U.S. I...
Patent Office’s Proposed Restrictions on Validity Review Would Hurt Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises
New rules floated by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in its April Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM), followed by the PREVAIL Act’s introduction in Congress, have generated c...
Analysis of Comments Shows Strong Public Opposition to ANPRM, PREVAIL Proposals
Recent Patent Progress posts have focused on the harmful and overlapping policy proposals contained in the USPTO’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) and the PREVAIL Act. As it turns out,...
Helping NPEs PREVAIL Over Innovators
Last month, Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced the Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership Act (PREVAIL) Act. Under the guise of promoting...