Patent Progress’s Guide to State Patent Reform Legislation
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Patent Progress’s Guide to Patent Reform Legislation
This guide lists all of the patent reform legislation pending in the current Congress, including descriptions and links to the text of the bills.
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More on Why We Need Patent Reform: Patent Assertion Doesn’t Lead to Innovation
by Matt Levy • • 0 Comments
Mark Lemley and Robin Feldman have just put out a new paper that shows something many of us suspected: patent licenses tend to be for the freedom to operate, not for technology transfer. That is, in their survey, they found that the overwhelming majority of the time, companies took licenses in order to settle an…
David Balto on Why the FTC Should Release an Interim Report on Patent Trolls
by Matt Levy • • 0 Comments
David Balto (a regular contributor here at Patent Progress) has a great piece at The Hill’s website. It’s definitely a must read.
There Is a Constitutional Right at Stake in Patent Reform, But It’s Not What You Think
by Matt Levy • • 1 Comment
The Constitution did not create a right to a patent. Let’s get that out of the way. The eighth clause of Section 8 of Article I says, Congress shall have Power … To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their…
House Introduces Bill Aimed at Disarming Patent Trolls
by Ali Sternburg • • 0 Comments
Today the House Judiciary Committee reintroduced the Innovation Act. I am optimistic that this bill will get overwhelming bipartisan support again in Congress. With so many diverse businesses facing abusive patent litigation and the President and Administration previously having weighed in calling for reforms, momentum is building for a vote in both chambers with broad…