America was the first country to recognize copyrights and patents in its constitution, and industries built on intellectual property produce over 40 percent of US GDP whilst supporting tens of millions of jobs. Now, however, a handful of Supreme Court decisions have… Read More »
Patent reform might not seem like an obvious tool for calming voters’ economic anxieties. But the truth is, patent protections are essential to spurring the kind of innovation that creates jobs, grows the economy, and brings down… Read More »
Intellectual property (IP) protections don’t merely shield Americans’ ideas and designs from theft—they underpin our entire economy and standard of living. Approximately 90% of the market value of the S&P 500 is in intangible assets, based on IP. Weakened… Read More »
Washington is racing to secure American leadership in artificial intelligence. Lawmakers are investing in semiconductor capacity, energy infrastructure, domestic manufacturing, and supply chain resilience — all with AI at the center of economic strategy. But there is… Read More »
Big Tech and its newfound allies are adopting a novel line of attack in their war against the patent system. These days, they’re latching on to Americans’ outrage over high drug prices to create a new enemy in their anti-patent jihad…. Read More »
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) Feb. 27 joint statement of interest in Collision Communications v. Samsung signals a possible shift back toward the first Trump administration’s “New Madison Approach” to patent policy…. Read More »
Washington got one right for a change. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s proposed new “One Challenge” rule may finally break Big Tech’s stranglehold on innovation, revitalize our patent system, and supercharge America’s growth. The establishment of the Patent Trial and… Read More »
“The United States must reform our innovation system and strengthen our IP laws with the same urgency we would give to any other national security threat.” The Trump Administration is trying to counter China on nearly every… Read More »
“The domestic judicial chaos around Section 101 puts American innovation, competitiveness, and economic and national security at stake.” For the umpteenth time, the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to take a patent eligibility case on appeal. SCOTUS… Read More »
“[Congress] would not have expected multiple serial or parallel IPR petitions, filed many years down the road after expectations about a patent’s validity have already been settled, to become the norm.” At first glance, certain comments by… Read More »
