Tag: innovation
Understanding The Questions Asked At The “Bad Patents” Hearing
The recent House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on the Impact of Bad Patents on American Businesses addressed many of the points I made last week. But it also highlighted a few issues where there’...
Universities and Patent Reform
In Defense of Software (Patentability)
Note from [link_user name="matt.levy"]Matt Levy[/link_user]: The Alice v. CLS Bank case, which is being argued at the U.S. Supreme Court later this month, has invigorated the debate over the patenta...
Troll Economics: The White House Weighs In
Last week, the White House released its agenda of legislative priorities and executive actions on high-tech patent issues. It was accompanied by a report, Patent Assertion and U.S. Innovation, that ...
Dear Intellectual Ventures, Part 2: You’re Holding Back Innovation, Not Encouraging It
This is the second post in a series. You can read the first post and the original posts that sparked this discussion (1, 2).
Russ Merbeth of Intellectual Ventures and I are having a discussion about,...
Dear Intellectual Ventures, Part 1: Your Patents Are Worth a Lot Because No One Knows What They Mean
Last Friday, Russ Merbeth of Intellectual Ventures responded to my post regarding the effect of patent infringement on patent trolls. I appreciate Mr. Merbeth’s response; it’s to his credit that h...
Patents Don’t Lead to Innovation, People Do
Yesterday, Mike Masnick pointed out a study that looked at innovations that were given Research & Development’s “R&D 100 Award” from 1977 to 2004. The study found that, within certain gr...
Infographic on Patent Troll Threat to Innovation
Senator Mike Lee’s Speech at CCIA’s Patent Progress Event Today
Below is the transcript of Senator Mike Lee's speech at our event today, How Patent Trolls Harm Innovation.
I’m grateful for the opportunity to say a few words about patents and innovation. In p...