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UFPR Letter to Director Iancu
UFPR looks forward to working with Director Iancu on issues of importance to promote patent quality and innovation, particularly the...
Feb 9, 2018
United for Patent Reform Letter to The Honorable Chuck Grassley and The Honorable Dianne Feinstein
In advance of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s consideration of Andrei Iancu to be Director of the United States Patent and Trademark...
Oct 31, 2017
Joint Letter from 86 Businesses Expressing Support for Congressional Patent Reforms Including IPR
The undersigned write this letter to express serious concerns about S. 1390, the STRONGER Patents Act of 2017, which will not only...
Jul 24, 2017
UFPR Letter Urges Administration to Protect Patent Quality at the USPTO
Dear President Trump and Secretary Ross: As innovators, inventors, and industries that represent every corner of the American economy, we...
Apr 24, 2017
45 Law and Economics Professors Sign Letter Supporting Venue Reform
Chairmen Goodlatte and Grassley and Ranking Members Conyers and Leahy: The undersigned patent law academics and economics experts write...
Jul 11, 2016
Broad Coalition Supports Bill to Curtail Forum Shopping in Patent Litigation
On behalf of the undersigned civil-society and public-interest organizations, we write to express strong support for S.2733, the Venue...
May 10, 2016
United for Patent Reform Letter on Venue Reform Bill (S.2733)
Dear Senators Flake, Gardner and Lee: On behalf of United for Patent Reform, we are writing today to express our appreciation for your...
Mar 17, 2016
United for Patent Reform Letter to the Senate Small Business Committee Ahead of Patent Hearing
Dear Chairman Vitter and Ranking Member Shaheen: Thank you for holding a hearing on small businesses and patents. United for Patent...
Feb 25, 2016
Coalition Letter from General Counsel in Support of HR 9, the Innovation Act
The bipartisan Innovation Act (H.R. 9) takes great strides toward ending the abusive patent litigation tactics that have plagued American...
Jul 15, 2015
Coalition Letter in Support of HR 9, the Innovation Act
The need for Congressional action to stop abusive patent litigation is clearer than ever. This year is now on track to have more patent...
Jul 13, 2015
Letter on Representative Joe Barton's Amendment to TROL Act
United for Patent Reform supports Rep. Joe Barton's amendment to help make the Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters (TROL) Act of 2015...
Apr 27, 2015
Letter to Chairman Burgess and Ranking Member Schakowsky on the TROL Act
Dear Mr. Chairman and Ranking Member Schakowsky, We appreciate your leadership and the Subcommittee’s work on the Targeting Rogue and...
Apr 15, 2015
Letter: 140 Startup Investors Call on Congress to Pass Broad Patent Reform
One hundred forty of America’s leading startup investors sent a letter today urging Congress to enact broad patent reform legislation....
Mar 16, 2015
United for Patent Reform Letter on Sen. Coons' STRONG Patents Act
The undersigned members of United for Patent Reform (UPR) have formed a broad coalition of diverse American businesses to pursue...
Mar 15, 2015
Free-Market Groups Support House Patent Reform Legislation
On behalf of the undersigned free-market organizations, we write to express our strong support for your committee’s ongoing efforts on...
Mar 11, 2015
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