The 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 respective Writings and Discoveries
– U.S. Constitution

USPTO’s ANPRM Has Major Problems

PublishedMay 26, 2023
Written By
  • Representative Bob Goodlatte

Throughout my 26 years in Congress, including three terms as Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, there was a clear need to strengthen our patent system in order to protect the rights of innovators and entrepreneurs. The 2011 passage of the Ame...

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May 25, 2023 Congress and Patents

Reintroduction of Advancing America’s Interests Act is a Welcome Development for Innovators

Last week, Representative David Schweikert (AZ-01) and Don Beyer (VA-08) introduced the Advancing America’s Interests Act (AAIA). If passed, this legislation would help prevent the U.S. Internationa...
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May 12, 2023 Post Grant Review

USPTO Invalidates VLSI Patent—So Why Didn’t They Review It The First Time?

Earlier today, the USPTO issued its final written decision in IPR2021-01064.  The final written decision found that all challenged claims in VLSI's patent were in fact invalid. So what makes t...
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May 3, 2023 Post Grant Review

New Report Reaffirms Danger Patent Trolls Pose to Manufacturers, Small Businesses

People whose business models are threatened by strong post-grant review and improved patent quality continue to assert that non-practicing entities (NPEs) and the patent troll narrative is a myth or a...
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April 18, 2023 Patent Litigation

Judge Connolly Continues to Push on Funding Transparency

Following an April 2022 standing order that mandated parties appearing in his court adhere to third-party funding disclosure requirements and an eye-popping November 2022 memorandum detailing “poten...
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Guest Post

A Solution to the OpenSky Problem

PublishedSeptember 14, 2022
Written By
  • Joe Matal

I have written several times about the $2.2 billion verdict in the VLSI v. Intel case.  The case is extraordinary not just because of the size of the verdict, but because Intel was blocked from challenging the patents by the Fintiv policy—and the patents are clearly invalid.   (more…)

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Patent Decisions FromUnited States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Updates

PublishedJune 5, 2023 | 2:10 pm 23-1295: CLINICOMP INTERNATIONAL, INC. v. CERNER CORPORATION [ORDER], Nonprecedential

Origin: DCT

PublishedJune 5, 2023 | 1:00 pm 21-2357: MEDTRONIC, INC. v. TELEFLEX INNOVATIONS S.A.R.L. [OPINION], Precedential

Origin: PTO

PublishedJune 5, 2023 | 12:50 pm 21-2359: MEDTRONIC, INC. v. TELEFLEX INNOVATIONS S.A.R.L. [OPINION], Precedential

Origin: PTO

PublishedJune 5, 2023 | 12:40 pm 22-1359: HAMPTON v. MCDONOUGH [OPINION], Precedential

Origin: PTO

PublishedJune 2, 2023 | 1:40 pm 22-2180: GROUP III INTERNATIONAL, INC. v. TARGUS INTERNATIONAL LLC [ORDER], Nonprecedential

Origin: PTO

PublishedMay 31, 2023 | 7:00 pm 23-1800: LYNK LABS, INC. v. HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC. [ORDER], Nonprecedential

Origin: PTO

PublishedMay 31, 2023 | 6:40 pm 23-1672: LYNK LABS, INC. v. HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC. [ORDER], Nonprecedential

Origin: PTO

PublishedMay 31, 2023 | 6:20 pm 23-1671: LYNK LABS, INC. v. HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC. [ORDER], Nonprecedential

Origin: PTO

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