Posts Tagged: David Kappos
Searching for Answers to the Standard Essential Patent Problem
Later this year (likely in October), the United Kingdom’s highest court will hear arguments on questions arising in two disputes concerning standard essential patents (SEPs). The …
Patent Heavyweights Take Strong Stance Against ACLU Anti-Patent Reform Statements
Yesterday, 24 law professors, former Chief Judges of the Federal Circuit and former heads of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) sent a letter to Senators …
Photo Diary: Meeting the Threat to America’s Economic Future: US IP & Innovation Policy
On May 9th I attended the International IP Commercialization Council (IIPCC) USA Chapter second annual program at the United States Capitol. The topic of the event was …
It is already too late, but we still have time
“If companies were to lobby to allow for more polluting most people would think that is unethical,” Lauder explained. But there are people lobbying to make it …
Apply Evidence-based Approach to Antitrust Law Equally to Innovators and Implementers
As judges, former judges and government officials, legal academics and economists who are experts in antitrust and intellectual property law, we write to express our support for …
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Senate Republicans discuss patent reform in private briefing with infringer lobby
The Senate Republican High-Tech Task Force convened in order to hear from patent experts on the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in TC Heartland, …
USC Launches its First IP Course for Undergrads
USC’s new course is premised on the notion that IP questions lie at the heart of a great many areas of modern life today — From Silicon …
America’s Patent System: Mediocre and stabilized in a terrible space
“The results from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board reflect the procedures it applies, and in my judgment the procedures are wildly off base,” Judge Michel explained... “…
Is there an inherent bias against patent owners at the PTAB?
Pedersen doesn’t disagree that the patent system is biased against the patent owner in that “the patent owner has to run the gauntlet,” referring to needing …
Patent Reform: An Analyst’s Perspective of the AIA
Perhaps the most challenging to accept is the notion that a tribunal created with a specific purpose of invalidation can be impartial to both the petitioners and …
Why Removing Section 101 Won’t be Enough
Removing section 101 would remove the language granting patents only to processes, machines, manufactures, compositions of matter, or new and useful improvements thereof. These categories however have only …
Should Section 101 of the Patent Act be Removed
David Kappos, the director of the USPTO under President Obama from 2009 to 2013, recently called for congress to repeal section 101 of the patent act. According to Kappos, the …
Strong IP protection provides inventors and creators the economic freedom to create
Critics argue that intellectual property is bad for innovation in part because it allows for “monopolies” that prevent the public from using certain creations without permission for …
Mark Cuban: “Get rid of all software patents”
A dim view of software patents does not make Mark Cuban unique, but his latest foray into the patent debate does provide interesting insights into his arbitrary …
It makes no sense for an algorithm to be unpatentable simply because it is implemented in software
KAPPOS: "Back when I was an engineer we saw it in mainframe computers where you’d make an invention and frequently initially the software wasn’t fast …
