For Immediate Release U.S. women’s contribution to patenting lags behind China; China has top marks in women’s share of total patents and greater patent team diversity. Washington, DC – (March 22, 2023) – A new global report, The Gender Gap… Read More »
Chinese researchers lead their American counterparts in the study of dozens of critical technologies, according to a new report that proposes Beijing is dominant in some scientific pursuits and positioned to develop key future breakthroughs. The report,… Read More »
Civil litigation in common law countries will always attract bad faith players. The costs involved and the time it can take to see a dispute through to the end are ripe for abuse. This is particularly so… Read More »
President Biden has upheld an International Trade Commission (ITC) ruling that could result in an import ban on the Apple Watch, according to AliveCor, a medical device company that has accused Apple of patent infringement. The California startup said… Read More »
Imagine inventing something, patenting it, building a successful company around it — and then seeing a much larger rival steal your idea. For too many inventors and entrepreneurs, that’s not a hypothetical. It’s a nightmare they have… Read More »
I’ve been interested in cardiac health since 1966, when my father, Rep. Carl Albert, had his first heart attack. (He recovered and served as House speaker, 1971-77.) I have published many scientific papers and received scores of patents…. Read More »
President Biden recently warned that America is losing its technological edge. “We used to rank number one in the world in research and development,” he said. “Now, we rank number nine. China was number eight decades ago;… Read More »
While many rights in the Constitution are defined vaguely, the Founders laid out one right explicitly in that important document: the right to a patent. They saw the limitless opportunities of the Industrial Revolution and wanted to… Read More »
I have never seen an environment in my 30-plus years in the intellectual property arena as hostile to inventors as what has emerged over the past decade. Three major culprits are responsible for this trend, making it… Read More »
America’s innovation infrastructure depends on the protection of intellectual property — the patents, trademarks, copyrights and other mechanisms that secure for inventors and creators the fruit of their hard work. The IP system is a bit like… Read More »
