Posts in Legislation
Senator Thom Tillis: If IP Stakeholders Can’t Find Consensus, Congress Can’t Help
Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) arguably has more pressing issues to focus on than intellectual property at the moment, as the nation scrambles to find solutions to the …
Facilitating Innovation to Fight Coronavirus Act— Legislation That’s a Mixed Bag
Draft legislation has emerged that ostensibly would boost rapid innovation to combat the coronavirus. Bottom line: The bill is a mixed bag with a lot of questions... …
Senate IP Subcommittee Examines Foreign Approaches to Digital Piracy in Second Hearing on U.S. Copyright Reform
Senate IP Subcommittee Chair, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), yesterday led the second in a series of Subcommittee hearings addressing the possibility of updating the U.S. Digital …
Debate Continues Between ALI and Congress on Copyright Restatement Project
The American Law Institute (ALI) has submitted a second response stemming from a letter sent by members of Congress last year expressing serious concerns over ALI’s …
Function and Structure in Computers: A Stakeholder’s View
As an independent inventor, I am greatly concerned about the new proposed Section 112(f) wording related to “functional claiming” that was put forward as part of the …
WIPO and U.S. Copyright Office Team Up to Talk Copyright in the Age of AI
Earlier this month, the U.S. Copyright Office and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) held a joint event titled, “Copyright in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” (…
Why eBay v. MercExchange Should, But Won’t, Be Overruled
As anyone who follows the United States Supreme Court knows, the Court has historically been extremely fond of taking important cases with cutting edge issues, only to …
Senate IP Subcommittee Kicks Off Year-Long Review of Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) this week held the first in a series of eight tentative hearings scheduled for this year on the …
Medical Innovation Depends on Bayh-Dole’s IP Protections
In this age of polarization, it’s almost impossible to imagine Congress enacting bipartisan legislation that would benefit businesses, higher education, and consumers alike. But that is …
Patenting Cannabis: Possibilities and Pitfalls
With cannabis now legal in some form across more than 30 states, the cannabis industry is on the rise and expected to achieve a market size of more …
Obtaining Injunctions Under eBay Versus at the International Trade Commission
Prior to the Supreme Court’s decision in eBay v. MercExchange, 547 US 388 (2006), it was fairly routine for a victorious patent owner who prevailed on a finding of …
Severing the Link Between IP and Biomedical Innovation Isn’t the Answer to Global Health Care Challenges
The cost of medicines is on the agenda this week at the World Health Organization’s annual executive board meeting in Geneva. Nongovernmental organizations and certain middle-income …
A Look at the Inventor Rights Act: Restoring Injunctive Relief and Immunizing Inventors Against the PTAB
In mid-December 2019, Congressmen Danny Davis (D-IL) and Paul Gosar (R-AZ) introduced the Inventor Rights Act of 2019 into the House of Representatives. If passed, the bill would do …
A Window is Open to Save U.S. Patents—Don’t Let it Slam Shut
There is a window open for legislative action on patent reform, and the innovator community is blowing it. Google fired its lobbyists in Washington, D.C., and …
Brexit is Finally Happening: Here’s What to Expect for IP
The Withdrawal Agreement Act 2020 received Royal Assent on January 23 and was approved by the European Parliament on January 29. That means that the UK will leave the European …
