Imagine that you are the founder of a small biotech company. You have spent millions of dollars and years of time developing a new diagnostic test for a blood disease. You are about to revolutionise your field…. Read More »
President Donald Trump has nominaed Andrei Iancu as director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Iancu will Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property… “We congratulate Mr. Iancu on his nomination to be Director of… Read More »
The former chief judge of the Federal Circuit told a House committee Thursday that the U.S. patent system is in “crisis mode,” with America Invents Act reviews and U.S. Supreme Court decisions like Alice creating uncertainty that… Read More »
In 1997, Navy SEAL Randy Hetrick was deployed in Southeast Asia, where he was stationed in a remote warehouse for weeks with no way to exercise. So he grabbed an old jujitsu belt, threw it over a… Read More »
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) is introducing legislation aimed at making it easier and cheaper for patent holders to enforce their patents. The bill is based on legislation Coons introduced last year, which aimed at making patent proceedings “more fair… Read More »
Senator Chris Coons, (D-Del.), talks about the importance of introducing new bipartisan legislation that strengthens intellectual property laws. WATCH HERE
Patent litigation continues sharp downturn, while grants bounce back The number of patent cases filed declined again in 2016, continuing a downward trend from the high point reached in 2013. Approximately 5,100 cases were filed in 2016,… Read More »
Fewer patent lawsuits were filed in the first three months of 2017 than in any quarter since 2011, while the number of inter partes review petitions challenging patents reached a record high, according to a report released… Read More »
Members of the United States innovator business community have delivered a letter to President Trump requesting that the US Patent and Trademark Office be exempt from the federal hiring freeze announced in January. The 5 April letter [pdf] was… Read More »
A group of IP advocacy groups, industry bodies and companies have written to President Trump to highlight the impact of the ongoing government hiring freeze on the USPTO and, more broadly, on US innovation. In one of his first… Read More »
