Comments in Opposition to Biden Administration’s Draft Policy Statement on Standard-Essential Patents
The Biden Administration’s comment period on its proposed policy statement on standard-essential patents generated an outpouring of opposition from national security experts, current and former government leaders of both parties, academics, inventors and entrepreneurs. Some of the key comments filed in opposition to the proposal came from the following groups and individuals:
Former Government Leaders of DOJ Antitrust, USPTO and NIST
Defense and National Security Experts
Senators Chris Coons (D-DE), Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Thom Tillis (R-NC)
Scholars of Law, Economics and Business (including Nobel Laureate)
Legal Academics, Economists and Former Government Officials
Deanna Tanner Okun, Former Commissioner and Chair of the U.S. ITC
Professor Daniel F. Spulber, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)
Dan Mahaffee, Center for the Study of the Presidency & Congress
Alliance for U.S. Startups and Inventors for Jobs (USIJ)
Licensing Executives Society (USA & Canada)
American Intellectual Property Law Association
Read key quotes from these comments HERE.