Posts Tagged: Senator Jon Kyl
CAFC Interprets AIA On-Sale Bar: Invention details need not be public for sale to be invalidating
Earlier today the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a major decision interpreting provisions of the America Invents Act (AIA), specifically the AIA …
Patent Abuse or Genius? Is Kyle Bass Abusing the Patent System?
Time and time again throughout the legislative history post grant proceedings were explained as being a faster, low-cost alternative to litigating validity disputes in Federal District Court. …
USPTO Issues Final Rules of Discipline for Patent Practitioners
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced today that it will publish final rules in the Federal Register on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, that relate to the …
Beware the NOT so Technical AIA Technical Amendments!
The troubling news starts with the fact that a technical amendments bill to the America Invents Act (AIA) that is working its way around Capitol Hill, and …
Call to Action: Super Committee Addressing USPTO Funding
There has to be some patent attorneys living in the portions of Montgomery and Prince George Counties represented by Congressman Van Hollen. There has to be some …
Super Committee Considering an End to USPTO Fee Diversion
As the Super Committee struggles to find nearly $1.2 trillion in revenue or savings, they should take a serious look at the proposal to give the US Patent …
Prior Art Under America Invents: The USPTO Explains First to File
If (B) gives a blanket exclusion to subject matter, which cannot be used as prior art after a disclosure by an inventor, that would lead to nearly …
America Invents: Lies, Damn Lies and Legislative History
So the point is that there is the language of the bill, and then there is what we were told was in the bill, which actually isn’…
Patent Reform: The Senate Makes Its Move
With a powerful vote of 87 to 3 on a motion to bring debate to a close, the Senate is on the cusp of passing comprehensive patent reform legislation. …
Bipartisan Group Of Senators Urge Action On Patent Reform
A bipartisan group of 25 Senators Wednesday sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) urging him to schedule a vote on the bipartisan Patent Reform …
Analyzing Patent Reform Chances and First to File Provisions
Patent reform could be of sufficiently low political importance that Democrats and Republicans can get something done. If health care dies the Democrats will need to pass …
Top Patent Stories of the Decade 2000 – 2009 (Part 1)
This year as we wind down and look back we not only need to look back at the previous year, but the first decade of the new …
Bipartisan Questioning of Patent Reform in US Senate
Today I am in San Diego, California at the Annual Conference of the National Association of Patent Practitioners. I will be speaking later this afternoon regarding the …
American Ingenuity Will Lead US to Prosperity
Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) has been out in front on patent and intellectual property issues for years, and he is at it once again. Senator Hatch has …
Will Obama Ever Select a PTO Director?
Admittedly, the selection of an Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, a post that also carries the title of Director of the United States Patent and Trademark …
