Innovation Alliance Fact Sheet on the Covered Business Method Patent Review Program – UPDATED
In 2011, Congress enacted Section 18 of the American Invents Act (“AIA”) to create a temporary program to challenge “covered business method” patents (“CBM”). CBM reviews were intended to allow the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”)… Read More »
Innovation Alliance Comments in Support of USPTO Rulemaking on PTAB
Read the letter here.
Letter from American Innovators Expressing Support for Patent System Improvements Under USPTO Director Iancu
A group of 324 American innovators – including universities, non-profit foundations, individual inventors, start-ups, small businesses, and manufacturing, technology and life sciences companies – sent a letter to the bipartisan leadership of the Senate and House Judiciary… Read More »
Innovation Alliance Fact Sheet: Patent Myths vs. Facts
Patents are the foundation of our innovation economy. By granting inventors exclusive property rights to their inventions, patents provide a critical incentive for innovation, rewarding inventors and investors, and allowing them to recoup their upfront costs and… Read More »
Letters to Senate and House Judiciary Committee Leadership in Support of Recent PTAB Reforms
The Innovation Alliance joined other groups in sending a letter to Senate and House Judiciary Committee leaders commending the USPTO for its recent reforms to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Read the letters here.
Innovation Alliance Statement on Update to USPTO Report on Women Inventors on U.S. Patents
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Innovation Alliance Executive Director Brian Pomper today issued the following statement in response to the release of an update to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) report, “Progress and Potential: A Profile of… Read More »
Innovation Alliance Statement on Reintroduction of Restoring America’s Leadership in Innovation Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Innovation Alliance Executive Director Brian Pomper today issued the following statement on the reintroduction of the Restoring America’s Leadership in Innovation Act (RALIA) by Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY): “The Innovation Alliance commends Representative Massie… Read More »
