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The Quality and Attributes of Patents as Property
Over the past decade, Congress and the courts have made changes that have improved the patent system and encouraged American leadership in innovation. With our nation in a period of economic recovery,...
Patent Quality Week: Public Interest Patents, The AIA At Ten, And More
This week marks the first annual Patent Quality Week. Low quality patents can have huge negative impacts on business sectors from Main Street retailers to Silicon Valley startups, and everywhere...
The ITC In 2020: Anything But Typical
With the American republic having just had its 245th birthday, let’s take a look at an agency that’s charged with regulating trade with foreign countries, encouraging American industries, and prot...
Arthrex Is Here—What Will It Mean?
Yesterday, the Supreme Court handed down its much-awaited decision—at least, much-awaited by people who care about patents and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)—in the consolidated U.S. v A...
Moving The USPTO From Red To Black
IBM is famous for obtaining a lot of patents. Year after year, they’re the top recipient of U.S. patents (or, once in a while, in second place when you account for related entities.)
But th...
Despite Patentee Protestations, It Isn’t Expertise That’s Bringing Plaintiffs to Waco
The meteoric rise of the Waco Division’s patent caseload is widely understood to be due to plaintiff-friendly policies on scheduling, transfer, and motions to dismiss.
But recently, some patentee...
Federal Circuit Nominee: Judges Should Judge The Cases They Have, Not Seek Cases They Want To Judge
Tiffany Cunningham, President Biden’s nominee to the Federal Circuit—the first nominee to that court in six years—is incredibly well qualified to join the bench of the court she once clerked for...
An IDEA Whose Time Has Come
Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee will mark up the IDEA Act. IDEA, sponsored by Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI), stands for “Inventor Diversity for Economic Advancement.” One of the problems w...
World IP Day: Promoting Progress
Cross-posted on the Disruptive Competition Project.
Today, April 26, is World Intellectual Property Day. And in the U.S., Congress is granted the power to create copyrights and patents—two key ...