Analysis of patent litigation, PTAB practice, prosecution and pharma IP, written on the data behind LexDana.
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Bill Delayed for Stakeholder Feedback With June’s flurry of Senate hearings on the subject of patentable subject matter (i.e., 35 U.S.C. § 101), the previously announced plan was to release a draft reform bill in July. The draft was to be based…
2015, 2017, 2018, 2019… The Stronger Patents Act just wont go away. While the bill has been introduced several times over the years, it has never gotten any significant traction. Since its initial introduction, several of the bill’s Patent…
Subcommittee to Tackle 101? Late last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee announced the formation of an Intellectual Property (IP) Subcommittee. The Senate Judiciary has not had an active IP Subcommittee for decades (unlike the House). Senators Thom…
Political Theater & Patent Reform The Stronger Patent Act has failed to gain traction for several years now . The Bill is deemed to one-sided, proposing legislative changes that would effectively kill AIA trial proceedings. Strangely, a new bill was…
The Trump Administration and the Republican led Congress have a mandate to get this economy moving again and if they want to maintain power they better produce results fast. To jumpstart the economy we need more than infrastructure projects (seems like we…
Over the past few years, patent reform has rapidly escalated from a niche debate to a hot topic making headlines in the US and around the world. Fervor surrounding the business models of so called “patent trolls” and major lobbying efforts from…
With a number of reform options on the table in the House, the Senate proposed PATENT Act has been the hot topic over the past weeks. The PATENT Act was introduced by by Senator Grassley (R-IA) and Senator Leahy (D-VT) on April 30, 2015. It is comprised of…
Currently there are two competing patent reform bills making the rounds in Congress: Representative Goodlatte’s Innovation Act of 2015 and the Strong Patent Act of 2015 proposed by Senator Coons. These two bills have been drawing heated debate in…
This articles is the second of a four-part series examining the USPTO’s role in administering the patent system. Other articles in this series: Part I: Introduction . Part III: Databases . Part IV: Experts and Expertise . This article will examine…
Intellectual Ventures paints itself a champion of innovation and a liberator of inventors. More and more detractors consider the patent private equity firm steered by polymath Nathan Myhrvold a giant patent troll. Not long ago, Intellectual Ventures was…
In the first week of April 2011, the USPTO fused life into the much-awaited system of allowing prioritized and expedited examination of patent applications. On 4 th April, 2011, the USPTO announced its plans to begin accepting requests for fast-track or…
