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Why We Need to Fix Venue: E.D. Texas
by Matt Levy •
I (and others) have written about the Eastern District of Texas. It’s a judicial district that handles more patent cases than any other district in the country. In fact, one judge, Judge Rodney Gilstrap, personally handles more than twice as many patent cases as any other judge. Nearly all of his patent cases are filed…
Watch John Oliver Take on Patent Trolls: Annotated Edition
by Ali Sternburg •
John Oliver has covered an impressive amount of tech policy issues on his weekly HBO show Last Week Tonight, the National Journal points out, and he continued this last night, discussing patents and patent reform. Oliver touched on many issues that are familiar to Patent Progress readers: abstract patents and patent quality, trolls suing end…
If the Innovation Act Is Bad For Patents, Why Do Large Patent Owners Support It?
by Matt Levy •
We’ve been hearing for months now that the idea that the Innovation Act will devalue patents. But there’s a big problem with this notion that no one seems to be discussing: a lot of companies that have large, valuable patent portfolios don’t believe it. IBM, for example, has the largest patent portfolio in the U.S.,…
Myths and the STRONG Act
by Matt Levy •
We’re hearing a lot of claims about the STRONG Act as an “alternative” to patent litigation reform. The campaign supporting the bill has been misleading at best. There are two pervasive myths that the STRONG Act’s supporters keep repeating that I want to address in this post. Myth 1: Inter partes reviews are unfair to patent…
House Introduces Bill Aimed at Disarming Patent Trolls
by Ali Sternburg •
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…
Big Week for Patent Reform – Innovation Act Heads to the Floor
by Matt Levy •
It looks like the Innovation Act (which was reported from the House Judiciary Committee a couple of weeks ago) will get a vote on the floor of the House this week. EFF and a number of other groups (including CCIA) have set up a page to make it easy for you to call your representative…
House Judiciary Committee Passes Bipartisan Patent Reform Targeting Trolls
by Matt Levy •
Yesterday, in a strong bipartisan vote (33-5), the House Judiciary Committee approved the Innovation Act. There’s more work to do, but this is a big victory. Nearly every major reform that’s been discussed is in the bill: changing the rules of patent litigation to reduce patent trolls’ leverage, including reducing the cost of discovery and…