Worried About Infringing A “Tax Strategy” Patent? Humble Yourself And It May...
Greg Aharonian refers to the Patent Reform Act of 2011‘s attempt to ban tax patents as a “folly” on equitable and “due process” grounds. While these may be compelling arguments in themselves, the...
View ArticleA Radical Alternative Patent Reform Proposal: Eliminating The Non-Obvious...
Congress is debating patent reform once again, with the House Judiciary committee hearing testimony from USPTO Commissioner David Kappos and other witnesses today about first-to-file and prior user...
View ArticleAnother Reason To Oppose Patent Reform
Virtually every major stakeholder is saying the bill is fine. – David Simon, Intel (quoted in a Dow Jones article about patent reform) (emphasis mine). Both S.23 and H.R.1249 give large companies...
View ArticleFamous Last Words: US Patent Reform (Far From) A Reality
Call it the blogger’s jinx. Like clockwork, Joff Wild at IAM writes: US patent reform may finally be about to become reality, suddenly, the entire bill starts to unravel. First, the US Supreme Court...
View ArticleOpportunity To Educate Congress About Patent Reform
If you’re interested in Congress making an informed decision about the upcoming patent reform vote (H.R. 1249), encourage your Senate staffers to attended today’s briefing sponsored by the U.S....
View ArticleThe $600M Innovation Tax
The following is an open letter written by Dr. Jose Melendez, the founder and CEO of Patent Calls, Inc. He is also co-founder and CEO of Spectral MD, Inc., a company developing advanced imaging...
View ArticleAustan Goolsbee — Right Problem, Wrong Solution
I don’t know Austan Goolsbee, but I like him, mostly because he seems to get what’s wrong with the current patent system. Back in March, while I was busily writing about how patent office delays might...
View ArticleCongress Mulls Changes To Patent Enforcement
Two bills currently pending in Congress, if passed, would ultimately impact patent enforcement far more than the lengthy America Invents Act signed into law last year. First up is H.R. 3889 Promoting...
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