Tag: USPTO
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 ...
Roundup of This Week’s Patent News: June 14 Edition
Hi there! No, this week wasn’t quite as eventful as last week. (If you missed the big patent news, check out last week’s roundup.) But we still have some news you don’t want to miss.
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Schumer Proposes Expansion of Covered Business Method Program
Today Senator Schumer announced a proposal to expand the "covered business method" program instituted at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by the 2011 America Invents Act (AIA). That initiative, ...
CCIA Filed Comments with the USPTO on Software Patent Quality
On February 12, 2013 in Silicon Valley, and February 27, 2013 in New York City, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) held two roundtables on enhancing the quality of software patent...
Using the Full Powers of the FTC to Combat Patent Trolls
A century ago there was a lively debate in Congress over the enforcement of the antitrust laws. Much of the 1912 presidential campaign had focused on the lack of effective antitrust enforcement by t...
Patent troll supporters are ramping up efforts – a response
Many Patent Progress readers have likely noticed the groundswell of interest directed at addressing the patent troll problem plaguing high-tech innovators. In January, the U.S. Patent and Trademark ...
Standard-Essential Patents in Context: Just a Small Piece of the Smartphone War Puzzle
(Cross-posted on DisCo)
There has been a recent flurry of policy and regulatory activity related to standard-essential patents (SEPs). First, Samsung announced it was dropping its requests for in...
Preview of Today’s USPTO Software Patent Roundtable in Palo Alto
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is holding the first of its bicoastal roundtables on software patent quality today at 12 pm EST (9 am PST) in Palo Alto, CA. The second will be ...
USPTO Real Party in Interest Roundtable
On Friday, January 11 the USPTO held a public roundtable to discuss proposed requirements for recordation of real-party-in-interest information throughout application pendency and patent term. The U...