Posts Tagged: Congressman Sensenbrenner
House Bill Seeks to End Diversion of Fees from the USPTO
The Innovation Protection Act, one of the lesser known patent bills percolating in Congress over the past few years, would provide a source of permanent funding for …
IP and the 114th Congress: Meet the Republicans of the House IP Subcommittee
With respect to intellectual property it is the House Judiciary Committee that will set the agenda for any potential legislative reform over the next two years, with …
Innovation Act Fast Tracked Despite Committee Concerns
Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), is continuing to fast track the Innovation Act (HR 3309) despite growing concerns from both Republican and Democrat members of the House Judiciary Committee… …
IP and the 113th Congress: The Republicans of the House Subcommittee on Intellectual Property
Earlier this week House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) announced the House Judiciary Committee's Republican subcommittee assignments for the 113th Congress. The subcommittee from the House …
Prior User Rights: Rewarding Those Who Don’t Contribute
Prior user rights also implicate free rider problems with respect to a subsequent patent that an inventor obtains covering the subject matter of the secret prior user. …
Prior User Rights and the Incentive to Keep Innovations Secret
However, if prior users are keeping their technology secret while being protected, that leap-frogging from one breakthrough to the next be impeded. Disclosure is the backbone of …
The America Invents Act – How it All Went Down
On Friday, September 16, 2011, President Obama signed into law “The America Invents Act” (“AIA”) which passed the Senate on September 8, 2011, by a vote of 89-9. The AIA passed …
Handwriting on the Wall: House Passes Managers Amendment to America Invents Act
Shortly after 2pm Eastern Time the United States House of Representatives voted on the Managers Amendment to the America Invents Act, H.R. 1249. The Managers Amendment passed …
Sensenbrenner to Kappos: Prior User Rights is Poison Pill
Today the House Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet, which is a subcommittee of the House Committee on the Judiciary, held a hearing on the …
