Tag: patent reform
Yet Another Private Equity NPE at the ITC
Stephen Breyer is retiring, Jeopardy has new hosts, and the Cincinnati Bengals have made the Super Bowl—the world changes constantly.
Some things don’t change, though—patent trolls are still ...
Leahy and Cornyn Introduce Bill To Restore The America Invents Act
Yesterday, Senate Judiciary IP Subcommittee Chair Sen. Leahy (D-VT) and committee member Sen. Cornyn (R-TX) introduced the Restoring the America Invents Act (RAIA). RAIA would roll back changes ...
Counterproductive Patent Incentives
Earlier this year, a pair of economists, Jay Bhattacharya and Mikko Packalen, published a research paper proposing an explanation for why scientific progress appears to have slowed. Their theory...
Huawei Moves Ahead With Aggressive Licensing Posture
Reports emerged today that Huawei has demanded over $1 billion in patent license payments from Verizon for its cellular network patents.
As I wrote in April, Huawei has the potential to abuse its s...
Increase In § 101 Rejections Due Almost Entirely To Rejected Business Methods
Prof. Colleen Chien, along with her student Jiun-Ying Wu, recently published an analysis of the impact of § 101 on patent prosecution. While their analysis clarifies which art units are impacte...
Founders On Patents: Madison On The Dangers Of Patents
James Madison is credited with introducing the Patent and Copyright Clause to the Constitution, and defended that clause in Federalist 43, stating “[t]he utility of this power will scarcely be quest...
FTC Hearings #4: Patents, Intellectual Property, and Innovation
This post has been cross-posted to DisCo.
Last week, the FTC held the fourth in its set of hearings focusing on “Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century.” The first day focused ...
IPR And Alice Appear Responsible For Reduced Patent Litigation Costs
Patent litigation costs have dropped significantly over the past few years, after a steady series of increases over the previous decade. This drop has sometimes been attributed to the use of int...
USPTO Strategic Plan Focuses On Patent Owners, Ignores Public
Last week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) posted a draft of its 2018-2022 Strategic Plan. While many of the goals set out in the plan are important—for example, improving the ability...