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 status of Patent Office...
View ArticleDavid Kappos Shines at Senate Confirmation Hearing
To start the confirmation proceedings in the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduced David Kappos this morning with a lengthy and impressive recitation of Kappos’...
View ArticleKappos Nomination Unanimously Forwarded to Full Senate
Earlier today the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance the nomination of David Kappos, former Vice President and Assistant General Counsel for IBM, to be Undersecretary of Commerce for...
View ArticlePatent Reform: Obama Favors Major Changes to Patent Law
There has been something brewing for at least a couple weeks now on the patent reform agenda, and I have been trying to make sense of it all. I am not sure I have my head wrapped around it yet, but...
View ArticleObama Administration: The Harmonization Capitulation
If you have not already read the letter from Commerce Secretary Gary Locke to Senator Patrick Leahy (Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee) and Senator Jeff Sessions (Ranking Republican Member), you...
View ArticleLeahy Procedural Move Makes Patent Reform Passage Near
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) recently came to agreement with Committee Ranking Republican Jeff Sessions (R-AL) on changes to the Patent Reform Act of 2009 (S. 515), winning...
View ArticleBipartisan 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 Act. The legislation will make the...
View ArticleSenate Votes 89-9 to Pass Patent Reform, No End to Fee Diversion
It looks like my prediction on Tuesday that the Senate would pass H.R. 1249, the America Invents Act, prior to President Obama's much anticipated jobs and economy speech that begins at 7:00pm ET today,...
View ArticleIP and the 114th Congress: Meet the Senate Republicans on the Judiciary...
In the Senate the Judiciary Committee is where any action relating to intellectual property reform will be played out. Key Republican Senators on the Judiciary Committee, including Senators Grassley,...
View ArticlePatent 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. That...
View ArticleDefend Trade Secrets Act ready for markup in Senate Judiciary Committee
Earlier today the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the Defend Trade Secrets Act, which is authored by U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT). This is an important issue for...
View ArticlePatently Trump: Can He Do a Better Job Enforcing American Innovations?
Now it is time for Trump to call for a vigorous debate on the Trans Pacific Partnership Treaty (“TPP”) to demonstrate his expertise on matters of strategic national and international economic...
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