Posts in Legislation
PTAB Masters™ Day Four Features Judge Michel on How the PTAB is Working: ‘When Facts Change, Views Should Change’
The final day of IPWatchdog’s PTAB Masters™ 2021 program kicked off with more than 1,070 registrants and a discussion featuring retired U.S. Court of Appeals for the …
Tillis Tells PTAB Masters™ Day Three Attendees Congress Should Codify Iancu’s Reforms
In his keynote video address to PTAB Masters participants today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) championed the record of former U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director …
Waiving IP Rights During Times of COVID: A ‘False Good Idea’
Over the course of four months, close to 850 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in over 100 countries. To the extent the unprecedented pace of research, …
Bills to Lower Prescription Drug Costs and Boost Biosimilars Sent to Biden’s Desk
The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday approved two bills meant to lower prescription drug prices and sent them on to President Joe Biden for approval. The …
Calls for Compulsory Licensing and IP Waivers of COVID-19 Vaccines Ignore Technical Complexities
Though it is not over, it seems that the end of the Covid-19 pandemic may be in sight. A select group of countries has managed to bring …
Why the IDEA Act is a Bad Idea
As previously reported on this blog, a bipartisan group of senators recently reintroduced a bill in Congress called the “Inventor Diversity for Economic Advancement Act of 2021,” or …
Good News for Patentees: Bipartisan NSCAI Invokes National Security in Calling for Legislation to Clarify Patent Eligibility
The judicial undermining of patent eligibility, in defiance of the clear language in Section 101 of the Patent Act, poses a clear and present danger to the pace …
Industry Groups Urge Quick Passage of Reintroduced IDEA Act
Representative Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Congressman Steve Stivers (R-OH) yesterday reintroduced the Inventor Diversity for Economic Advancement …
Bipartisan Group of Senators Asks Hirshfeld to Gather Info on Eligibility Law by Next Year
Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Chris Coons (D-DE) sent a letter on Friday to the Acting Director of the United States …
Balancing Innovation and Competition: Thomas Jefferson’s View of Obviousness for Mechanical Inventions
You cannot get a patent for an invention if it would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art at the time. This …
What to Know About the European Patent Office 2021 Guidelines for Examination: Part I – CII and Procedural Changes
The European Patent Office (EPO) recently published its Guidelines for Examination 2021, which came into force on March 1.
The trend towards an accurate and detailed explanation of substantive …
Mechanical Licensing Collective’s $424.4 Million Unmatched Royalty Collection Highlights Music Modernization Act’s Limited Liability Compromise
On February 16, the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) – a nonprofit organization designated by the U.S. Copyright Office to administer blanket mechanical licenses to eligible streaming and download …
Twist Emerges in Senate IP Subcommittee Leadership for 117th Congress
On Sunday, February 14, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Ranking Member of the Senate …
The Biden Administration is at an Innovation Crossroad
The new Presidential Administration has hardly settled in before being confronted with a stark choice: will they continue policies that foster public/private sector R&D partnerships …
The Day One Project Examined: USPTO Transition Proposals Advocate Questionable PTAB, Section 101 Policies
Recently, the Day One Project, an initiative of the Federation of American Scientists, released a transition document drafted by a collection of veteran policymakers discussing a range …
