Patent policy has been my focus for 35 years. I spent over two decades adjudicating major intellectual property disputes as a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. In the 13 years since… Read More »
In the second Republican presidential debate, candidates spoke forcefully about China, alternately calling for outright decoupling, claiming we are already in a new cold war, and pledging to “declare independence from China.” Their rhetoric reflects a broader concern across… Read More »
America’s high-tech industries grew up hand in hand with a robust system of intellectual property rights. Without strong patent protections to encourage inventors, we would never have become a global leader in software, biotechnology, or artificial intelligence…. Read More »
The European Union is planning to establish a court to determine licensing fees on perhaps the West’s most important commercial technology. The proposed plan, leaked to Reuters in late March, has one big beneficiary: China. The EU proposal would give the European Intellectual Office… Read More »
For many years, Big Tech companies with their legions of DC lobbyists have been on a crusade to weaken the International Trade Commission (ITC), a little-known, independent, nonpartisan federal agency tasked with protecting the United States from imports… Read More »
Our Founding Fathers had the foresight to include in the Constitution a clause granting inventors the “exclusive right” to their inventions. This clause, embodied in our patent system, has created a powerful incentive for risk-taking among American… Read More »
America’s patent system used to be the gold standard for the world. It incentivized innovators – in Delaware and across our country – to take risks that delivered new inventions that propelled our economy and improved people’s… Read More »
The economy is hard to understand. How does something that was basically a college prank turn into a billion-dollar company? How does a market move from one person making a final product to a diverse production structure… Read More »
In my time in the U.S. House of Representatives, I had the privilege of working alongside Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., to craft a comprehensive and bipartisan patent reform bill. The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, signed into law… Read More »
Before he was a member of Congress, Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) was known for selling cars. According to his financial disclosures, the holding company for Beyer Auto car dealerships is Pirate Motors LLC. While this might evoke… Read More »
