Tag: Weekly Patent Roundup

It was a fairly quiet week in patents.  Last Friday, Matt wrote about a confusing new Federal Circuit opinion in order to demonstrate how difficult it can be to understand patent law.  And earlier t...

As even our non-U.S. readers must know, the U.S. government is currently in a partial shutdown.  On the first day of the shutdown, Matt Levy explained what it means for patents, from the PTO to the I...

This week Rep. Goodlatte released a discussion draft of patent legislation, which has a lot of potential to help #fixpatents.  Matt was quoted in The Hill earlier this week on the draft, where he and...

This week, Senator Leahy and Senator Lee had an op-ed on the need for reform to counteract abuse of the patent system, and they explained that Congress is making progress on bipartisan, bicameral legi...

So, I know we keep saying there will be news soon, but not that much has happened on patents in Congress’s first week back.  But there has been some advocacy on the Hill.  Yesterday, Intellectual ...

Happy Friday! This week brought new studies on patent trolls.  One study, by PatentFreedom, brought even more proof that expanding Covered Business Method (CBM) review is essential to help #fixpatent...

And we’re back!  Our posting volume dropped in August, but the Patent Progress blog is back in action. August hasn’t been very busy with developments on patent reform, due to Congress not being i...

Good morning!  Here’s some patent news from this week.  On Tuesday, a whole bunch of prominent companies (many in non-tech industries, like retail and food) sent a letter to Congress encouraging t...

Hi readers!  Congressional support for patent reform continues to grow.  On Monday, Rep. Issa and Rep. Chu introduced the Stopping the Offense Use of Patents (STOP Act).  That bill prompted Matt Le...