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Op-Ed: Taking back our patent system
Washington is broken we’ve been told; the political will that exists beneath the Capitol dome isn’t strong enough to break through the...
Jan 17, 2015
Patent reform advocates are launching a ‘super-coalition’ to whack patent trolls
What do department stores and restaurants have in common with search engines and social networks? For many, it's that they're all getting...
Jan 15, 2015
Press Release: Broad New Patent Reform Coalition Launches, Committed to Ending Patent Troll Abuses
WASHINGTON – Many of the diverse groups, industries, and companies supporting patent reform over the last decade today announced they...
Jan 15, 2015
Op-Ed: The five issues Congress can tackle in 2015
For the first time in a long time, I feel better about Washington. Perhaps it’s a persistent holiday spirit, or the bipartisanship that...
Jan 7, 2015
Op-Ed: To protect small designers, we need patent-law reform
As Americans gathered this holiday season, I bet most weren’t thinking about the patented things around them, from the patented function...
Jan 6, 2015
Article: FTC Commissioner looks back, and ahead, on patent litigation reform efforts
Commissioner Julie Brill of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) offered some interesting year-end thoughts on abusive litigation by...
Dec 18, 2014
Article: Patent reform is likely in 2015. Here's what it could look like.
The head of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), said on Tuesday that a bipartisan bill to fix America’s...
Nov 19, 2014
Article: Obama urges patent reform
President Obama on Thursday said that patent “trolls” are one of the “biggest problems” the administration is targeting. Though...
Oct 10, 2014
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