Blaming China for America’s economic problems is a familiar refrain. In particular, it is popular to accuse China of not respecting intellectual property rights. Although this has been a legitimate accusation in the past, over the last… Read More »
Abusive patent litigation is less of a problem in the real world than it’s presumed to be in media reports and in Congress, and patent litigation could be better streamlined not by Congressional intervention but by smart… Read More »
In a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed, Steve Malanga praised the 27 states that have passed legislation that “make it easier for a state’s attorney general to pursue actions against knowingly false claims made by so-called patent… Read More »
BALTIMORE—Roughly $100 from the sale of every Hyundai and Kia hybrid sedan sold in the U.S. is set to go to a foundation that aims to help alleviate poverty here. Not that Hyundai Motor Co. and its… Read More »
Apple Inc could be facing up to $862 million in damages after a U.S. jury on Tuesday found the iPhone maker used technology owned by the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s licensing arm without permission in chips found in… Read More »
And like that – it’s gone. Legislative patent reform, that is, not Keyser Soze. Only a month ago, as Congress returned from its summer recess, both the House and the Senate appeared poised to advance several patent… Read More »
As they consider ways to improve university revenues, campus administrators point to the life-saving hepatitis B vaccine, the nicotine patch that helps smokers quit their habit and the tasty Camarosa strawberry. Those patented innovations, all pioneered at… Read More »
Patent litigation in the U.S. district courts dropped in the third quarter of 2015: only 1,119 cases were filed in Q3, a 33% drop from the record-setting 1,665 cases filed in the second quarter. Compared to previous… Read More »
Whenever an article hits the mainstream US press that touches on the world of patents, we sit up and take note. On Sunday the New York Times ran an op-ed by Robert Reich under the headline “Big… Read More »
The patent reform debate is finally becoming reacquainted with facts and data, particularly regarding H.R. 9, the so-called “Innovation Act,” on which a vote was scrapped before the August recess in the House of Representatives and which… Read More »
