President Biden recently warned that America is losing its technological edge. “We used to rank number one in the world in research and development,” he said. “Now, we rank number nine. China was number eight decades ago;… Read More »
While many rights in the Constitution are defined vaguely, the Founders laid out one right explicitly in that important document: the right to a patent. They saw the limitless opportunities of the Industrial Revolution and wanted to… Read More »
I have never seen an environment in my 30-plus years in the intellectual property arena as hostile to inventors as what has emerged over the past decade. Three major culprits are responsible for this trend, making it… Read More »
America’s innovation infrastructure depends on the protection of intellectual property — the patents, trademarks, copyrights and other mechanisms that secure for inventors and creators the fruit of their hard work. The IP system is a bit like… 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 »
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 »
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In a welcome move, a proposal that posed a threat to U.S. national security has been withdrawn.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 »
Starting and growing a business is challenging, even in the best of times. But these are not the best of times, and Congress could soon make it even harder for small businesses to compete and grow. A… Read More »
