WHAT: Hosted by a coalition of innovators, the Inventing America 2016 conference will feature a welcome address by U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and will include panel discussions on the “decade in review” in patent policy,… Read More »
It has been six months since stricter pleading requirements for patent cases took effect, and attorneys say decisions to date on whether infringement allegations comply with the new rules show that judges are requiring plaintiffs to come… Read More »
We’re in the golden age of innovation, an era in which digital technology is transforming the underpinnings of human existence. Or so a techno-optimist might argue. We’re in a depressing era in which innovation has slowed and… Read More »
The state of American entrepreneurship shapes the outlook for the American economy. High-growth startups contribute disproportionately to net job creation and to impactful innovation, laying a crucial foundation for economic dynamism and prosperity. Fostering these firms is… Read More »
Any day, the FTC will release the results of its multi-year examination of patent assertion entities (PAEs). Using its Section 6(b) compulsory process authority, the FTC has been collecting information related to PAEs, which the agency defines as companies… Read More »
In the near future, the Federal Trade Commission is going to release the results of its study on patent assertion entities (PAEs)[1]. While it is very clear that we need additional information to understand the many complex… Read More »
In a seductively plausible narrative disseminated a century ago, the national Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, a U.S. government agency that then oversaw American aviation, accused the Wright Company (yes, those Wrights) of abusively enforcing lawfully obtained patents it did not itself practice…. Read More »
On February 25, 2016, the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship held a hearing that focused on the effects of recent changes to the U.S. patent system on small businesses and patent owners. Testimony and… Read More »
David Kappos still has the pen President Barack Obama used to sign the America Invents Act, landmark legislation for overhauling the patent system that many said could never be passed. It’s framed in his office, and it… Read More »
Patent reform might be on the backburner in the US with few expecting legislation to pass through Congress in an election year, but it was a notable topic for discussion at the LeadershIP conference in Washington DC last Friday. On… Read More »
