Posts Tagged: America Invents Act
The PTAB’s Concerning Conflict of Interest is Laid Bare in New Vision Gaming
Buffalo is a small Texas town of less than 2,000 people. On the way into town, school zone signs flank both sides of a speed limit sign. I …
Mysterious Patent Attacks: Policymakers Must Stand Up and Require Patent Membership Organizations Reveal Themselves
A strong and predictable intellectual property system is crucial to protecting and promoting American innovation around the globe. It allows American businesses of any size to compete …
Amici and Practitioners Attempt to Read the Arthrex Tea Leaves
Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the most closely-watched patent case of the term, United States / Smith & Nephew v. Arthrex. IPWatchdog reached out to some …
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 …
Rethinking USPTO Applicant Diversity
The Day One Project recently released over 100 proposals for the Biden-Harris administration to use as roadmaps in crafting science and technology policy. One of those proposals, a …
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 …
How Patents Enable Mavericks and Challenge Incumbents
Advocates for “patent reform” have long argued that reducing patent protection will open up markets and accelerate innovation by lowering entry barriers and expanding access to existing …
The Comments Are In: More Have Their Say on USPTO Discretion to Institute AIA Trials
Submissions in response to the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) “Request for Comments on Discretion To Institute Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal …
Comments are Piling Up in Response to the USPTO’s Request Regarding Discretion to Institute AIA Trials
As of December 1, 750 comments had been received in response to the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s “Request for Comments on Discretion To Institute Trials Before …
Thought Experiment: Is Our Patent System Ready for a Potential Future of Brain Interfacing?
Currently, brain recording and/or brain stimulation is used almost entirely for medical or research purposes. Invasive surgery is generally required to read neural signals with high …
USPTO Seeks Comments on Discretion to Institute Trials Before the PTAB
On October 20, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a “Request for Comments on Discretion To Institute Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board” …
Tech Companies’ Lawsuit Against USPTO – and Small Business Inventors’ Motion to Intervene – Highlight Need to Address NHK-Fintiv Factors Via Rulemaking
On September 9, a panel of three administrative patent judges (APJs) at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a decision denying institution of a petition filed …
Special Interest Group Implores Congress to Extend CBM Program
Two weeks before the Transitional Program for Covered Business Method Patents (CBM) Program, implemented in 2012 under the America Invents Act (AIA), is set to expire, a special …
A Note to SCOTUS on Arthrex, Judicial Independence, Ethics and Expanded Panels at the PTAB
In Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8, of our Constitution, the founders were relatively specific. The founders give Congress power to secure “the exclusive Right" to “Authors and Inventors” in …
Financial Incentive Structure for AIA Trials Destroys Due Process at PTAB, New Vision Gaming Argues
On June 30, New Vision Gaming & Development filed a corrected appellant brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit challenging two covered business method (…
