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A Different Bite At The Subject Matter Apple
Utility patents aren’t the only form of patent, much less the only form of intellectual property. While not a frequent subject of discussion in comparison to its much better known cousins, the...
Senate Judiciary § 101 Hearings Less Neutral, Helpful Than They May Appear
This week marks the start of three separate hearings on a draft § 101 bill introduced by Senators Tillis (R-NC) and Coons (D-DE). The draft bill—analyzed last week by Patent Progress—is fun...
Senators Tillis and Coons Draft Fundamentally Flawed § 101 Legislation
Today, staff from Senators Tillis and Coons will sit in a room with a group of stakeholders—primarily patent lawyers and lawyers from the pharmaceutical industry—and discuss their recently release...
As USPTO Oversight Hearing Approaches, Some Questions On Eligibility
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Andrei Iancu will testify in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Intellectual Property on Wednesday as the sole witness i...
Blackbird Grounded—For Now
Almost two years ago, I wrote about a new non-practicing entity (NPE)—Blackbird Technologies. It claimed to be helping innovators, but the main innovation it helped promote was its own—havin...