Posts Tagged: Senator Mazie Hirono
Solving the Patent Bar Gender Gap Without Lowering the Bar to Eligibility
“Qualified women are unnecessarily excluded from membership in the patent bar,” wrote Mary T. Hannon in a recent law review article seen by Senators Mazie Hirono (D-HI), …
The Comments Are In: More Have Their Say on USPTO Discretion to Institute AIA Trials
Submissions in response to the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) “Request for Comments on Discretion To Institute Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal …
Professors Expand Upon Proposals to Senate IP Subcommittee for Improving Patent Quality
On October 30, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Intellectual Property heard from five witnesses on ways to improve patent quality at the United States Patent and …
Bipartisan Effort to Resurrect Office of Technology Assessment Introduced
Yesterday, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Representatives Mark Takano (D-CA) and Bill Foster (D-IL) introduced the Office of Technology Assessment Improvement and Enhancement …
Chief Points from Responses to Senator Hirono’s Questions to Section 101 Panelists
Yesterday, we ran a series of excerpts from responses to Senator Thom Tillis’ (R-NC) questions for the record to panelists following the June hearings on U.S. …
As Stakeholders Await New 101 Bill, Responses to Tillis Underscore Need for Movement
Last month, we reported on the responses submitted to Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) by panelists who participated in the June hearings on the state of U.S. …
How Senate IP Subcommittee Witnesses on Patent Eligibility Responded to Questions from Senator Blumenthal
Through the first half of June, a series of hearings on the state of patent eligibility in America held by the Senate Intellectual Property Subcommittee rendered a …
Senate IP Subcommittee Hears Testimony from Iancu, Debates Hot-Button IP Issues
On the afternoon of Wednesday, March 13, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Intellectual Property held an oversight hearing of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office …
USPTO Director Andrei Iancu Discusses Patentability of Algorithms, PTAB Proceedings at Senate Judiciary Committee
Sen. Harris followed up by asking whether algorithms were mathematical representations of laws of nature. “You’re getting right to the heart of the issue,” Iancu said. …
A section-by-section look at the STRONGER Patents Act introduced in the Senate
In late June, the Support Technology and Research for Our Nation’s Growth and Economic Resilience (STRONGER) Patents Act of 2017 was introduced into the U.S. Senate …
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 Good Opportunity to Reframe the Patent Reform Debate
Corrosive changes in patent law are undermining research university commercialization of patented, federally-funded basic research, endangering our nation’s innovation ecosystem. Mounting uncertainty repels private investment needed …
Senate Small Business Committee hearing focuses protecting rights of patent owners
Committee chairman Senator David Vitter (R-LA) began the hearing by speaking about the importance of a strong patent system to small businesses all over America, as well …
PATENT Act Still Ominous For Startups and Small Inventors
Although the latest version of the PATENT Act (S.1137) represents an improvement over previous versions of the legislation, it would still make all U.S. patents less …
Patent Reform 2.0 – The Next Round of Patent Reform
On Monday, May 11, 2015, IPWatchdog will a co-sponsor a roundtable discussion on patent reform. This event will take place at the law offices of McDermott Will & Emery, which …
