The Innovation Alliance today released a “What Others Are Saying About the FTC’s PAE Study” fact sheet. The fact sheet highlights comments made by leading patent law experts who have concluded that, due to its flawed methodology… Read More »
The FTC released its long-awaited study of so-called patent assertion entities, or PAEs, today. As many predicted, the FTC makes several broad recommendations for substantive and procedural reforms. The problem with this, however, is that the study was not… Read More »
How did the world’s wealthiest nations grow rich? The answer, according to Professor Stephen Haber of Stanford University, is that “they had well-developed systems of private property.” In Patents and the Wealth of Nations, forthcoming this summer in… Read More »
Washington, D.C. – At the Inventing America 2016 Conference in Washington, D.C., speakers stressed the importance of protecting patent rights in promoting American innovation and job creation, and warned that legislative and judicial changes in recent years… Read More »
There is abundant evidence from economics and history that the world’s wealthy countries grew rich because they had well-developed systems of private property. Clearly defined and impartially enforced property rights were crucial to economic development; they facilitated… Read More »
The FTC’s long-awaited case study of patent assertion entities (PAEs) is expected to be released this spring. Using its subpoena power under Section 6(b) to gather information from a handful of firms, the study promises us a glimpse at their inner… Read More »
“The amended rules … mark significant change, for both lawyers and judges, in the future conduct of civil trials. The amendments may not look like a big deal at first glance, but they are. That is one… Read More »
Our patent system has spurred American innovation for more than 200 years and led to strong economic growth and job creation. Unfortunately, the patent system has come under unfounded attacks that are often cited to justify upending… Read More »
First they came for the software patents, and I did not speak out — because I was not a software engineer. Then they came for the university patents, and I did not speak out — because I… Read More »
Innovation is the lifeblood of a prosperous economy. Iowa’s recent economic performance, where improvements in agriculture and manufacturing have allowed us to weather the storm of a national recession and keep our overall unemployment rate below the… Read More »
