The United States has long been a nation of innovators and entrepreneurs. The American people’s ability to create solutions to problems that evaded others for centuries has propelled our unrivaled technological, economic and military leadership. This ability to generate exciting breakthrough… Read More »
A few years ago, I moved to Paris with my wife and son for work. Sometimes it’s not easy to tell if the decisions you make as a parent are succeeding. But when my wife and I told my 7-year-old son… Read More »
Since our country’s founding, the U.S. patent system has been one of the unsung heroes of America’s success story. Patents are based on a simple concept: that American inventors, entrepreneurs and companies whose hard work and expertise… Read More »
The America Invents Act (AIA) was enacted in 2011—after years of legislative efforts toward patent reform—and brought with it some of the most significant changes to the U.S. patent system most practitioners had seen in their lifetimes…. Read More »
Law360 (April 12, 2018, 10:52 PM EDT) — U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Andrei Iancu put the agency on a new course toward stronger patents with a speech Wednesday pledging to make the patent system more… Read More »
Silicon Valley, long the undisputed king of venture capital, is now sharing its throne with Asia. A decade ago, nearly three-quarters of the world’s financing of innovative, tech-heavy startups and young companies took place in the U.S.,… Read More »
On Tuesday, March 22nd, Rep. Steve Stivers (R-OH) and Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL) introduced the Support Technology & Research for Our Nation’s Growth and Economic Resilience (STRONGER) Patents Actinto the U.S. House of Representatives. This bill is a companion to the legislation of… Read More »
The U.S. dropped out of the top 10 in the 2018 Bloomberg Innovation Index for the first time in the six years the gauge has been compiled. South Korea and Sweden retained their No. 1 and No…. Read More »
The U.N.’s intellectual property agency says China racked up a record 1.3 million patent applications last year, topping the combined total in the U.S., Japan, Korea and Europe. The World Intellectual Property Organization says innovators worldwide filed… Read More »
In August, a dozen inventors gathered around a fire pit outside the headquarters of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, Virginia, and set alight patents they said had been rendered worthless by an overreaching federal… Read More »
