If at first you don’t succeed, reintroduce the same bill in the next Congress. That seems to be the tack taken by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R., Va.), who on Thursday introduced the Innovation Act,… Read More »
Lex Machina has recently published a new piece of analysis on patent litigation rates, which is well worth looking at. The analysis looks deeper into the fall in filing numbers in 2014 and suggests that on a… Read More »
At the recent Northern Kentucky Regional First LEGO League Robotics tournament, I marveled at the imagination and creativity displayed by so many young people. In these students, I see the spirit of ingenuity and a culture of… Read More »
Today, Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) introduced a new version of the Innovation Act, a bill designed to curb so-called patent trolls. Patent trolls have no business beyond acquiring patents and suing other companies, knowing that many will… Read More »
House Republicans on Thursday restarted their campaign to reform U.S. patent laws, a bipartisan effort backed by heavyweights such as Google and Facebook that also has awakened protest from some conservatives who are fearful it will trample… Read More »
Life sometimes imitates fiction. James Bond had a “license to kill.” There are some individuals and nations that believe they have a “license to steal” intellectual property (IP), which can kill innovation. While patent litigation reform and… Read More »
In three great phases, America’s economy has been transformed. Before the Civil War, we were a nation where agriculture was the dominant economic driver. Between the Civil War and the 1960s, America became the most powerful manufacturing… Read More »
In recent days, several of the most senior policy makers and legal experts in the intellectual property (IP) space have raised alarms about a troubling patent policy decision that is pending at the U.S. Department of Justice… Read More »
In recent days, several of the most senior policy makers and legal experts in the intellectual property (IP) space have raised alarms about a troubling patent policy decision that is pending at the U.S. Department of Justice… Read More »
As part of my continued work to protect the rights of independent inventors, last month I filed an amicus brief (“friend of the court”) with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Court in the case… Read More »
