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New Case-Assignment Order Marks Next Step in Curbing Judge Shopping in Texas
Late last month, Chief U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas Alia Moses announced a new order to distribute patent cases randomly across the district, while raising the bar for plainti...
The U.S. Intellectual Property System and the Impact of Litigation Financed by Third-Party Investors and Foreign Entities
On Wednesday, June 12th, Paul Taylor, a Visiting Fellow at the National Security Institute at George Mason University – and previous Patent Progress contributor – testified in front of the House J...
States Join Together to Defend Against NPEs
In 2013, Vermont became the first state to pass an “anti-patent troll” law. Since then, more than 30 states have passed similar laws to rein in patent trolls. These efforts, which range from allow...
The Ripple Effects of Patent Venue
A recent article described the outsized roles that two modest cities in Texas play in U.S. patent litigation, but there's more to the story of America’s odd patent venue rules. The article alludes t...
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...
Congress Wants to Revive Patents but May Strangle Innovation and Damage Health Care Access Instead
This post, written by Wayne Brough, initially appeared in the R Street’s Real Solutions Blog.
Patent eligibility, or the fundamental question of what is patentable, is currently under congression...
CCIA Senior Counsel Joshua Landau Testifies To Congress
In case you missed it, I testified to the House Judiciary Committee's IP Subcommittee last week about whether the output of AIs should receive patent and/or copyright protection. The hearing is avail...