Posts Tagged: election
Pence, Conservative Views on Patents Likely to Influence Trump
Congressman Pence worked mostly on patent reform bills via the Republican Study Committee, a well-known group of House Republicans focused on inserting conservative views into public policy …
Trump on IP and Patent Reform: What Silicon Valley Doesn’t Understand
Of course, the implication being if you are not in favor of a never ending revision of U.S. patent laws then you are somehow an ignorant …
Inventors Protest California Congressman Darrell Issa
In my 54 years, I’ve never protested anything. I’ve complained to my friends and family and sometimes to a few unfortunate strangers. So this has been …
Trump targeted in copyright infringement action over Skittles tweet filed by former refugee photographer
Trump, no stranger to lawsuits himself, can now count U.S. district courts as the latest venue where his position could be on the decline. A suit …
Dear Candidate: Is patent reform a catalyst for future innovation in the US?
Patent reform is a subject that most Americans are unfamiliar with. Additionally, significant lobbying efforts and financial resources dedicated by large corporations have confused the subject further. …
Clinton tech agenda supports STEM education, infrastructure upgrades for Internet access
Clinton’s tech agenda revolves around five main points that she hopes will lead to American dominance in research and development as well as overall innovation. First, …
Hillary Clinton supports patent reform, announces technology and innovation initiative
Clinton's proposal for accomplishing this goal would be twofold: (1) to reduce excessive patent litigation through additional patent reform; and (2) strengthening the operational capacity of the USPTO by …
Paul Ryan, Fee Diversion and Presidential Politics
This extra attention on Wisconsin, coupled with Paul Ryan being the dream candidate for those who favor an open Republican Convention, provides us with a somewhat manufactured, …
What the 2016 presidential candidates are saying about H-1B visas
On the Republican side, front-runner Donald Trump, whose inability to be stopped by his own rhetoric has proven to be a hallmark of his campaign, has said …
Fact Checking Bogus ‘Patent Report Card’ Grade for Senator Cruz
Simply stated, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) did not deserve the F foisted on him by the Engine study or amplified by the reporting by Wired and Ars …
California Dreaming: Mitt Romney and the Inter Partes Rebuke of Trump
Just when you thought the race for the White House couldn’t get any more unpredictable and bizarre, the 2012 Republican Nominee rebuked the current Republican frontrunner, Donald …
Patently Trump: Can He Do a Better Job Enforcing American Innovations?
Now it is time for Trump to call for a vigorous debate on the Trans Pacific Partnership Treaty (“TPP”) to demonstrate his expertise on matters of strategic …
Ted Cruz has much in common with Abraham Lincoln, thanks to patents
For Cruz his depth of sincere appreciation and awareness of the role patents and private property rights comes from his meager roots, from his work as an …
Free Drugs: Bernie Sanders and the end of drug patent exclusivity
The Medical Innovation Prize Act of 2007, submitted by Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT), would have effectively done away with patent rights for pharmaceutical drugs approved by the Food …
Beware the Ides of March: How Surrogates Will Set Patent Policy
In 2008 the surrogates did at least increase the emphasis on having some form of post grant challenge procedure in the bill that would pass Congress and be …
