Posts Tagged: weak patents
Weak Chinese Patent Applications and China’s Burgeoning Patent System
Bloomberg recently published an article providing data analysis on Chinese patent applications to claim that, while China receives more patent applications than any country, “most are worthless.” …
The Supreme Crusade to Weaken Patent Rights in America
Over the years the Supreme Court has reached many controversial decisions, but in the patent space they have made statements that demonstrate just how incompetent they are …
Hakuna Matada Isn’t a Strategy for Paradigm Shifting Innovation
Wouldn’t it be a great world if people innovated for the sake of innovating, spending every waking moment in the pursuit of solutions and inventions that …
Obama’s Anti-Patent Bias Led to the Destruction of His Legacy
Barack Obama came to office with the suspicion that patents caused higher prices and created market inefficiencies. He set a mission to disassemble the patent system, which …
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 …
Policy Solutions to Repair the US Patent System and Restore Productivity Growth
The declines in productivity growth in recent years are undisputed. There is some controversy over the causes of these declines, particularly, the sources of the declines in …
Connecting the Dots of a Weak Patent System and Productivity Growth Decline
Technology transfer is blocked in a weak patent system since companies employ the “efficient infringement” model. In a weak patent system, enforcement is expensive and burdensome, supplying …
