Posts Tagged: Innovation Alliance
USPTO Report Cites Incremental Growth in the Number of Women Inventor-Patentees
This month, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released a report titled “Progress and Potential: 2020 update on U.S. women inventor- patentees” (the Report). The …
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 …
This Week On Capitol Hill: Copyright Office Oversight, More Debate on Cryptocurrencies, and 5G Innovation and Security
This week on Capitol Hill, the House of Representatives is in recess but in the Senate, committee hearings will focus on the rescheduled oversight hearing for the …
U.S. Patent System Jumps to Tie for Second Place in International IP Index
On February 7, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC) released the latest version of its International IP Index assessing the intellectual property …
Helping the Patent Pendulum Return to Upside by Preventing Random Walks in Congress
Almost 100% of the pre-election patent reform lobbying efforts were focused on the campaign, which did not prevail and thus on the morning of November 9 the patent community …
Increasing Number of Women Patent Holders Can Spur U.S. Innovation, Grow the Economy
On Thursday, December 1, I attended the Innovation Alliance's panel on Closing the Patent Gender Gap: How Increasing the Number of Women Patent Holders Can Spur U.S. …
A patent reform conversation with Senator Coons and Congressman Massie
Yesterday I moderated a Google Hangout on the topic of patent reform, which was sponsored by the Innovation Alliance’s save the inventor campaign. Joining me for …
Senator Coons and Congressman Massie to Participate Google Hangout on Patent Legislation
On Wednesday, October 7, 2015, I will have the honor of interviewing Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) and Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) in a live, bipartisan online Google Hangout. Our …
Why customer stays are terrible for the patent system
Another discrepancy is between the stated legislative goals and the actual proposed language. This is perhaps demonstrated in starkest relief in the “customer stay” provision found in …
Mixed Reviews for the PATENT Act in the Senate
Microsoft applauded the introduction of the PATENT Act. Universities seem to be on the fence, recognizing that the Senate alternative is an improvement, but likely to support …
John Oliver says American small businesses want the Innovation Act, but he’s wrong
It’s great that John Oliver brought the subject of patent trolls, about which IPWatchdog has already produced some considerable coverage, to an audience that topped 1.4 million …
Innovation Act makes patents harder to enforce, easier to infringe
Many of the provisions of H.R. 9 would unnecessarily undermine the enforceability of all U.S. patent rights, even when clearly valid patents are being enforced in …
Senator Coons – Patents are about the American Dream
Senator Coons: ''[P]atents are not just foundational. Patents are really about the American Dream. They are about what it means to come to this country …
In Considering Patent Law Changes, Don’t Forget Impact on Universities
While there has been much written in the past months on efforts to change the U.S. patent system, there has been little focus on the vital …
Protect Patent Rights, Inventors and Innovation in 2014
“The first rule of any patent legislation should be to do no harm, particularly to the inventors, start-ups and universities that create our nation’s next big …
