American Ingenuity Will Lead US to Prosperity
Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) has been out in front on patent and intellectual property issues for years, and he is at it once again. Senator Hatch has recently been very active with respect to writing...
View ArticleBipartisan Questioning of Patent Reform in US Senate
Today I am in San Diego, California at the Annual Conference of the National Association of Patent Practitioners. I will be speaking later this afternoon regarding the status of Patent Office...
View ArticleTop Patent Stories of the Decade 2000 – 2009 (Part 1)
This year as we wind down and look back we not only need to look back at the previous year, but the first decade of the new century and new millennium will be ending. So at this reflective time of...
View ArticleAnalyzing Patent Reform Chances and First to File Provisions
Patent reform could be of sufficiently low political importance that Democrats and Republicans can get something done. If health care dies the Democrats will need to pass something desperately, perhaps...
View ArticleBipartisan Group Of Senators Urge Action On Patent Reform
A bipartisan group of 25 Senators Wednesday sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) urging him to schedule a vote on the bipartisan Patent Reform Act. The legislation will make the...
View ArticlePatent Reform: The Senate Makes Its Move
With a powerful vote of 87 to 3 on a motion to bring debate to a close, the Senate is on the cusp of passing comprehensive patent reform legislation. S.23, “The America Invents Act,” is expected to...
View ArticleAmerica Invents: Lies, Damn Lies and Legislative History
So the point is that there is the language of the bill, and then there is what we were told was in the bill, which actually isn’t what is in the bill if you are reading the plain meaning. In the coming...
View ArticlePrior Art Under America Invents: The USPTO Explains First to File
If (B) gives a blanket exclusion to subject matter, which cannot be used as prior art after a disclosure by an inventor, that would lead to nearly ridiculous results. Imagine for example that an...
View ArticleSuper Committee Considering an End to USPTO Fee Diversion
As the Super Committee struggles to find nearly $1.2 trillion in revenue or savings, they should take a serious look at the proposal to give the US Patent and Trademark Office greater control over its...
View ArticleCall to Action: Super Committee Addressing USPTO Funding
There has to be some patent attorneys living in the portions of Montgomery and Prince George Counties represented by Congressman Van Hollen. There has to be some patent law firms in Dallas with ties to...
View ArticleBeware the NOT so Technical AIA Technical Amendments!
The troubling news starts with the fact that a technical amendments bill to the America Invents Act (AIA) that is working its way around Capitol Hill, and in true government by ambush fashion it could...
View ArticleUSPTO Issues Final Rules of Discipline for Patent Practitioners
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced today that it will publish final rules in the Federal Register on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, that relate to the statute of limitations...
View ArticlePatent Abuse or Genius? Is Kyle Bass Abusing the Patent System?
Time and time again throughout the legislative history post grant proceedings were explained as being a faster, low-cost alternative to litigating validity disputes in Federal District Court. That...
View ArticleCAFC Interprets AIA On-Sale Bar: Invention details need not be public for...
Earlier today the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a major decision interpreting provisions of the America Invents Act (AIA), specifically the AIA on-sale bar provisions....
View ArticleWill Obama Ever Select a PTO Director?
Admittedly, the selection of an Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, a post that also carries the title of Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, is not as...
View ArticleAmerican Ingenuity Will Lead US to Prosperity
Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) has been out in front on patent and intellectual property issues for years, and he is at it once again. Senator Hatch has recently been very active with respect to writing...
View ArticleBipartisan Questioning of Patent Reform in US Senate
Today I am in San Diego, California at the Annual Conference of the National Association of Patent Practitioners. I will be speaking later this afternoon regarding the status of Patent Office...
View ArticleWill Obama Ever Select a PTO Director?
Admittedly, the selection of an Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, a post that also carries the title of Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, is not as...
View ArticleAmerican Ingenuity Will Lead US to Prosperity
Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) has been out in front on patent and intellectual property issues for years, and he is at it once again. Senator Hatch has recently been very active with respect to writing...
View ArticleBipartisan Questioning of Patent Reform in US Senate
Today I am in San Diego, California at the Annual Conference of the National Association of Patent Practitioners. I will be speaking later this afternoon regarding the status of Patent Office...
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