Posts in Capitol Hill
House Energy Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Energy Storage for Improved Grid Reliability in Rural Communities and Renewables
The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Energy recently convened a hearing titled Powering America: The Role of Energy Storage in the Nation’s Electricity …
Joint Economic Committee Holds Hearing on Innovation Economy, Barriers to Accessing Capital
One panel witness, Rachel King, CEO of the Rockville, MD-based biotech firm GlycoMimetics, said that she was greatly concerned by the effects of the IPR process and …
Congresswoman Lofgren Sends Letter to USPTO Director Iancu Opposing Proposed Changes to Claim Construction Rule at PTAB
Congresswoman Lofgren is now opposing a rule change she previously endorsed as an original co-sponsor of a bill that would have changed the claim construction rule in …
House Small Business Committee Holds Hearing on ZTE Sanctions, Chinese Cybersecurity Threats
Several weeks ago, the House Small Business Committee held a hearing titled ZTE: A Threat to America’s Small Businesses to explore the economic and national security …
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Holds Hearing on China’s Threat to U.S. Innovation Leadership
On the morning of Thursday, July 19th, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence held a hearing titled China’s Threat to American Government and Private Sector …
House Subcommittees Hold Hearing on China’s Predatory Trade, Investment Strategy
The day’s hearing featured discussion of actions the U.S. government should be taking in order to counter deceptive trade practices pursued by the Chinese government, …
Legislation Introduced in House to Repeal the PTAB and the AIA
There are 13 sections to Massie’s bill, many of which are geared towards the abolition of various statutes of the AIA. Perhaps the most salient portion of …
House Small Business Committee Holds Hearing on IP in Digital Economy With a Mostly Anti-Patent Panel
On the morning of Wednesday, July 11th, the House Small Business Committee held a hearing titled Innovation Nation: How Small Businesses in the Digital Technology Industry Use …
Enabling Technologies and the Underinvestment Problem
Certain innovations—known as enabling technologies—provide the foundation for progress across a range of industries. Enabling technologies include mobile wireless, the laser, CT scanners, the microprocessor, …
Legislative Steps in the Pro-patent Direction
New patent legislation would rectify some of the damage done by several court rulings and by Congress. It would reestablish the fundamental constitutional principle that a U.…
House Subcommittees Hold Hearing on Space Situational Awareness and Space Traffic Management
A joint hearing of the House Subcommittee on Strategic Forces and the House Subcommittee on Space was recently convened to discuss the responsibilities of various U.S. …
House Subcommittees Hold Hearing on Artificial Intelligence Challenges and Opportunities
On the morning of Tuesday, June 26th, both the House Subcommittee on Research and Technology and the House Subcommittee on Energy held a hearing titled Artificial Intelligence …
Why should we encourage generics to challenge pharma patents?
What was the federal government thinking when Hatch-Waxman originally passed. Why would Congress incentivize generic manufacturers to challenge the patents of pharmaceutical companies? It is the same …
Senator Hatch files Amendment to Fix IPRs for Pharma, Save Hatch-Waxman
Late yesterday, Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), co-author of the Hatch-Waxman Act, filed an amendment in the Senate Judiciary Committee to address what many characterize as abusive inter …
Google Changes Its Code of Conduct After Years of Being Evil Towards Patent Owners
However, in intellectual property circles, it would be easy question whether Google has lived up to the goal of not doing, or being, evil... Google’s efforts …
