Tag: patent reform
Repackaging the Same Flawed Ideas on Patent Quality
This month, the IP Policy Institute at the University of Akron School of Law released a policy brief, “Measuring Patent Quality and Reducing the Backlog at the USPTO,” presenting it as new empiric...
Squires Emphasizes Patent Quality at Senate Confirmation Hearing
On May 21st, USPTO Director-nominee John Squires appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee for a confirmation hearing, alongside three other nominees to serve in the Trump administration. While m...
GAO Report Confirms Systemic Patent Quality Issues at USPTO
Last month, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a patent quality report finding “persistent examination and quality issues” at the USPTO. The report highlights systemic issues wit...
Federal Circuit Weakens ITC Domestic Industry Requirement
In a ruling with serious consequences for patent infringement claims brought before the International Trade Commission (ITC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently broadened th...
The Overlooked USPTO Subsidy
President Trump and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick have vocalized concerns about China’s anticompetitive trade practices and the need to address them with an all-of-government approach, includ...
To Reverse The Progress: The Restoration of Fintiv
In 2022, USPTO Director Kathi Vidal released a guidance memo titled “Interim Procedure for Discretionary Denials in AIA Post-Grant Proceedings with Parallel District Court Litigation.” The m...
John Squires Nominated as Next USPTO Director
On March 10th, President Trump officially nominated John Squires as his next USPTO Director, according to a notice on Congress.gov and as widely reported today. Squires, whose nomination is now referr...
Federal Circuit Confirms AliveCor Patents Invalid, ITC Case Moot
Quite some time back, the USITC found that Apple's Watch had infringed a set of ECG patents. During the pendency of the ITC case, Apple filed a set of inter partes review petitions alleging invalidit...
Patent Dispute Report: 2024 in Review
This post initially appeared on Unified Patents’ News and Views Blog. More analysis is available here.
Patent litigation made a comeback in 2024. Meanwhile, in Europe, non-practicing entities (NP...