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SUCCESS Act Is A Good Start—But Could Be Improved
Last week, Rep. Comstock (R-VA), along with 7 other cosponsors, introduced H.R. 6390, the “Study of Underrepresented Classes Chasing Engineering and Science Success Act of 2018” (SUCCESS) Act. T...
Federal Circuit Holds Tribal Sovereign Immunity Does Not Apply In IPR
Today, in Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals, the Federal Circuit held that tribal sovereign immunity does not provide a right of immunity in inter partes reviews (IPR).
In an opinion ...
Open Source and Standard-Essential Patents: More Alike Than Not
An interesting new paper from Martin Husovec, an assistant professor at the Tilburg University, draws parallels between Open Source and standardization regimes. The paper, titled “Standardization,...
CCIA Submits Letter To House Small Business Committee Correcting USIJ Testimony
Yesterday, we submitted a letter for the record to the House Small Business Committee. This letter, written in response to testimony submitted for the Committee's hearing entitled “Innovation Nati...
IP Witness Gives Incorrect Testimony To House Small Business Committee
Yesterday, the House Small Business Committee held a hearing on how small businesses use intellectual property. And, as has happened before, promoting patents—but not necessarily promoting pro...
CCIA Submits Comments On Proposed Change To IPR Claim Construction Standard
Today, the Computer & Communications Industry Association submitted its comments opposing the Patent Office’s proposal to change the claim construction standard applied in AIA trials from the cu...
If A Free Patent Portfolio License Sounds Too Good To Be True—It Is
Non-practicing entities (NPEs) are generally companies with only one asset—their patents. So why would an NPE give away licenses to the only things it can generate value from? If it seems too go...
More Evidence Is In—Alice Has Been Good For R&D
Tuesday marked one milestone—utility patent number 10,000,000. But it also marked a far more important milestone—the 4-year anniversary of the Alice decision. Looking back on those 4 y...
To Promote The Progress
Today, the ten millionth utility patent issued.[1. Technically speaking, patent 10,000,000 isn’t the ten millionth patent, or even the ten millionth utility patent. There are around 700,000 desi...