Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Intellectual Property Subcommittee, has two pieces of legislation he’d like to get through Congress before retiring after 50 years. To do so, he’d need the support of… Read More »
Over the last 15 years, the United States Supreme Court has mutated patent eligibility into an impossibly complex and confusing mess. The Court’s current eligibility test strays far from Congress’s original intent, erodes trust in predictability, and… Read More »
Earlier this week, IPWatchdog hosted a webinar sponsored by the Innovation Alliance, now available to view for free here, in which panelists drew a roadmap for fixing the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) Patent Trial and Appeal Board… Read More »
On October 13, 2022, the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) sent a letter to House and Senate Judiciary Committee leaders debunking misinformation about the proposed Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (S.4734), including false claims that the bill would… Read More »
In his op-ed “Patent Litigation Is a Matter of National Security” (Sept. 11), former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey claims that the NHK-Fintiv ruling—a 2020 reform implemented by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office—forces the “targets of meritless infringement… Read More »
New entity to mobilize policymakers and stakeholders across the political spectrum as threats to American intellectual property increase at alarming rates WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Today, the Council for Innovation Promotion, a new coalition that will advocate for the… Read More »
PTAB harms U.S. competitiveness. It undermines secure, private property rights vital to our competitiveness in innovation. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has upended quiet title to patented inventions. This rogue body of the Patent and Trademark… Read More »
A bipartisan group of senators just introduced a bill that’d make profound changes to America’s patent system. As its name — the “Patent Trial and Appeal Board Reform Act of 2022” — suggests, the bill concerns the… Read More »
For years, major American tech companies have complained about the threat of intellectual property theft. The U.S. government has projected that Chinese companies flouting IP protections costs the American economy as much as $600 billion every year. But… Read More »
In a welcome move, a proposal that posed a threat to U.S. national security has been withdrawn. America’s valuable, cutting-edge inventions would have been more vulnerable to Chinese and other competitors’ theft — along with an antitrust sledgehammer… Read More »
