Posts Tagged: Ebay v. Mercexchange
Another Front in China’s Economic War: Senate IP Subcommittee Seeks to Solve USPTO’s Fraudulent Trademarks Problem
Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) yesterday led a hearing of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Intellectual Property titled “Fraudulent Trademarks: How They Undermine the …
One Inventor’s Unsolicited Congressional Testimony Following Arthrex
Since inventors are rarely allowed to participate in patent discussions in Congress, I would like to submit my testimony here. In Arthrex, the Federal Circuit in effect …
Civil Debate is a Fair Request, But False Narratives are Harming U.S. Innovation
Yesterday, we published a response from Daniel Takash, the Regulatory Policy Fellow at the Niskanen Center’s Captured Economy Project, asking for a more civil IP debate. …
ITC Investigates University of California Complaint Against Amazon and Other Major Retailers
In late August, the U.S. International Trade Commission published a notice of institution of a Section 337 investigation on behalf of the Regents of the University of …
The Great Escape: Efficient Infringers Increasingly Seek to Abuse Antitrust Law
Last week the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued an important decision that might be easy to overlook. In Intellectual Ventures I LLC …
A Step Forward for the STRONGER Patents Act
The bipartisan STRONGER Patents Act of 2019 took an important step forward last week, as the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property held a hearing on the proposed …
New Hampshire Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal of Patent Troll Defamation Case
On August 16, the Supreme Court of New Hampshire issued an opinion in Automated Transactions, LLC v. American Bankers Association affirming a lower court’s decision to grant …
House Hearing Highlights China, E-Commerce Contributions to Cluttering of U.S. Trademark Register
At a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet this morning, titled Counterfeits and Cluttering: Emerging Threats to the …
Coons and Stivers Reintroduce Measure to Make the U.S. Patent System STRONGER
Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) and Congressman Steve Stivers (R-OH) reintroduced the STRONGER Patents Act of 2019 today in an event on Capitol Hill. Coons first introduced the STRONG …
‘Bad Patents’ Are Just Another Big Tech False Narrative
Over the last 15 years, Congress, the courts and the USPTO have gutted the patent system. Fortunately, USPTO Director Andrei Iancu has been taking important steps to reverse …
New Hampshire Supreme Court to Hear Appeal in ‘Patent Troll’ Defamation Case
On the morning of February 14, the New Hampshire Supreme Court will hear what could be one of this year’s most important set of arguments related to …
As the Climate for U.S. Patents Turns Brighter, Now is the Right Time to Invest in These Assets
The cost of obtaining a U.S. patent has not significantly changed for the past 10 years. This remarkable stability is confirmed by the AIPLA Economic Survey, our …
Seeds of demise were sown when SCOTUS removed exclusivity from the patent bargain
With the next Supreme Court term beginning in a few weeks we all need to come to terms with the fact that the U.S. has a …
Congressman Rohrabacher Introduces the Inventor Protection Act to Protect Inventor-Owned Patents
Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) has introduced H.R. 6557, the Inventor Protection Act, into the House of Representatives. This bill is the latest proposed piece of legislation to …
More Dreck on Patent Trolls from Attorneys Cozying Up to Silicon Valley
Principe and Rudroff unfortunately regurgitate much of the misguided dialogue, which has done nothing to serve this country except to decimate its patent system in recent years. …
