As progress surges in 5G connectivity, not far behind arise concerns over national security and economic security. Throw in advances in artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, automated vehicles and “smart” medical devices, and similar questions come… Read More »
A recent Dallas Morning News editorial blamed so-called patent trolls for Apple closing two stores in Plano and Frisco. My law firm represents several of the businesses described as “opportunistic companies” that “exploit the courts and our patent law.”… Read More »
Numerous inventors, lawyers, companies, industry groups, professors, and judges have decried the Supreme Court’s recent patent eligibility cases—particularly its 2012 decision in Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. and its 2014 decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International…. Read More »
It is not an overstatement to say that American inventors have faced a perfect storm of judicial and legislative hurdles in recent years, hurdles that have weakened their intellectual property rights and undermined their potential rewards and… Read More »
Despite the popularity of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, which tells the tale of greedy politicians left with nothing to plunder after innovators and producers go on strike, society seems to miss that essential message and find a… Read More »
Can a bunch of water balloons be worth $20 million? To Josh Malone, and many inventors like him, they can be worth that and a lot more. Malone, a father of eight and survivor of many spirited… Read More »
The U.S. Supreme Court has muddied the waters about patent eligibility in a way that threatens American innovation. Capitol Hill is beginning to discuss this as a possible legislative issue for 2019. Some would say it is… Read More »
America is unique in its tradition of protecting individual ingenuity to spur new technologies and new industries that allow this country to be the cradle of innovation. It is no accident that America was the birthplace of… Read More »
In 2003, after many years of research, scientists at Ohio’s premier health care research institution, the Cleveland Clinic, made a groundbreaking and lifesaving discovery — they determined how to detect an enzyme called myeloperoxidase in the human… Read More »
As an inventor holding over 100 U.S. patents – including the Super Soaker water gun, Nerf dart guns, clean energy technologies and many more – I know firsthand the vital role that patents play in incentivizing and… Read More »
