Big Tech is strongly criticized in Congress these days, but it still has sway in Washington when it lobbies Congress to weaken the U.S. patent system. That’s bad news for everyone. Years ago, Big Tech changed its… Read More »
In the coming weeks, negotiators from the U.S. Senate will meet with their House counterparts to hash out a compromise on a critical piece of legislation — one that could make our nation more innovative and economically… Read More »
Standardized technology is everywhere – from mobile phones to smart appliances to automobiles. Industries based on standardized technology are thriving on nearly all measures of competition, including extensive innovation resulting in new products and features, lowered prices even… Read More »
President Biden took an important step toward safeguarding the U.S. economy with last year’s Executive Order No. 14,036, “Promoting Competition in the American Economy,” aimed at promoting competition at home in the face of unfair competitive pressure… Read More »
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , introduced a bill last September that would make it harder for America’s most brilliant scientists and inventors to create new world-changing, life-saving products. That isn’t lawmakers’ intention, of course. The authors of… Read More »
As we mark World IP Day, it provides an opportunity to marvel at the critical role the American system of protecting IP, particularly patents, has played in the United States’ global innovation leadership. Unfortunately, recent years have… Read More »
A bipartisan group of senators just introduced a bill to crack down on Chinese companies that steal hundreds of billions of dollars in American intellectual property every year. Unfortunately, another urgent threat to American inventors’ IP is emerging here… Read More »
Even as bipartisan support grows in Congress for legislation aimed at curbing the economic power of Big Tech, the Biden Administration’s Department of Justice, with tacit support from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) and the… Read More »
In 2011, I jointly authored with Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) the bill that would become the Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA). The AIA was the most extensive reform of the U.S. patent system in 60 years. A… Read More »
This article is contributed by Paul R. Michel. America can’t outcompete low-wage countries when it comes to manufacturing cheap, mass-produced widgets. Our labor and regulatory costs are simply too high. But we can — and historically have… Read More »
