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IAM: The US patent system is weakened. New Congressional legislation could fix it by Paul Michel
Patent policy has been my focus for 35 years. I spent over two decades adjudicating major intellectual property disputes as a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. In the 13 years since… Read More »
The Hill: Can the US compete with China? Not without strong patent rights. By Robert Work and Rama Elluru
In the second Republican presidential debate, candidates spoke forcefully about China, alternately calling for outright decoupling, claiming we are already in a new cold war, and pledging to “declare independence from China.” Their rhetoric reflects a broader concern across… Read More »
Los Angeles Times: An Orange County entrepreneur’s $60-million legal battle to stop Apple from steamrolling startups by Brian Merchant
When Apple executives first knocked on the medical device entrepreneur Joe Kiani’s door, he was thrilled. Why wouldn’t he be? Kiani, an electrical engineer by training, had founded the Irvine company Masimo in 1989. Over the next… Read More »
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Congress must fix U.S. patent system by Doug Collins
America’s high-tech industries grew up hand in hand with a robust system of intellectual property rights. Without strong patent protections to encourage inventors, we would never have become a global leader in software, biotechnology, or artificial intelligence…. Read More »
Letters and Statements from Groups in Support of PREVAIL Act of 2023 – Updated September 12, 2023
WASHINGTON D.C. – A broad coalition of groups have issued letters and statements expressing support for the bipartisan Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership Act (PREVAIL) Act of 2023, introduced in the Senate by Senators… Read More »
Newsweek: Why Is Europe Helping China Decimate U.S. Tech Leadership? by Gordon G. Chang
The European Union is planning to establish a court to determine licensing fees on perhaps the West’s most important commercial technology. The proposed plan, leaked to Reuters in late March, has one big beneficiary: China. The EU proposal would give the European Intellectual Office… Read More »
The Hill: Big Tech’s ‘patent troll’ attacks are a smokescreen — don’t let them fool you by Adam Mossoff
For many years, Big Tech companies with their legions of DC lobbyists have been on a crusade to weaken the International Trade Commission (ITC), a little-known, independent, nonpartisan federal agency tasked with protecting the United States from imports… Read More »