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 »
Following her confirmation Tuesday as director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Kathi Vidal faces a long list of issues that demand her attention, from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s discretionary denial policy to the… Read More »
Kathi Vidal was confirmed as USPTO director by the Senate last night, April 5, in a voice vote. Now she has been confirmed, Vidal will likely focus on broadening pro-bono programmes at the USPTO, according to office… Read More »
The U.S. Senate confirmed Kathi Vidal as the next U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Tuesday night in a voice vote. Vidal’s confirmation comes after more than one year with no Senate-confirmed Director or Acting Director… 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 »
If your car starts to smoke and sputter, you’d take it to an auto repair shop right away. The U.S. patent system — the engine driving the country’s innovation economy for more than 200 years — is sputtering… Read More »
