Proponents of further sweeping patent law changes frequently claim as justification that patent litigation rates have soared in recent years, and that this litigation is being driven by so-called “patent trolls.” What you wouldn’t know from listening… Read More »
U.S. Sen. Chris Coons (D., Del.) is the lead sponsor of the Strong Patents Act. Stephen S. Tang is the president and CEO of the University City Science Center. This year, more than 70,000 people will be… Read More »
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – The markup of one of the more aggressive pieces of patent reform legislation has been delayed. Last week, The Hill reported that the U.S. House Judiciary Committee planned to mark up H.R. 9,… Read More »
Stoll is a partner and co-chair of the intellectual property group at Drinker Biddle & Reath and a former commissioner for patents at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. In the past several years, the patent… Read More »
Paul Morinville is an independent inventor with dozens of patents and pending patent applications in enterprise software. In 2000, I had a great idea. It was a big enough idea that my employer at the time, computer… Read More »
Manufacturers continue to urge U.S. negotiators to pursue a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement that opens markets, protects intellectual property rights and enables cutting-edge innovation. Such an agreement is vital for manufacturing businesses as they seek to… Read More »
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee recently announced they’ve nearly completed development of a water-monitoring system that could help bring clean water to the developing world. This invention could potentially save millions of lives. But such innovative… Read More »
Rarely do small inventors and business owners go to such great lengths to lobby Washington lawmakers, but new patent legislation is proving to be so controversial that small innovators across the country are banding together to form… Read More »
John Castellani is president and CEO of PhRMA. The U.S. patent system is the critical legal shield protecting medical innovations as they make their way from America’s labs to the patients in every state who need, want… Read More »
Kyle Keeney is the executive director of the Kentucky Life Science Council. The biopharmaceutical firm AbbVie and the University of Kentucky just unveiled a new gel therapy targeting the devastating neurological disorder, Parkinson’s, which afflicts nearly a… Read More »
