Patent Baristas

David Boundy, Vice President & Assistant General Counsel Intellectual Property at Cantor Fitzgerald LP , sent a note of importance to the patent community regarding a notice and comment period, which opened last week and closes on March 16, 2008  (See: Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, Request for Comment, 74 […]

It didn’t take long for various groups to start issuing statements on the Patent Reform Act of 2009 bill introduced today. Manzullo and Michaud U.S. Reps. Don Manzullo (R-IL) and Mike Michaud (D-ME) said the latest patent reform bill introduced in the House and Senate this afternoon would actually weaken intellectual property protections for American […]

Following hot on the heels of the Patent Reform Acts of 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and former chair Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), along with House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.) and ranking minority member Lamar Smith (R-Texas), introduced, you guessed it, the “Patent Reform Act of 2009.” […]

The Coalition for Patent Fairness has a new website, new content and a new blog – the Better Mouse Trap Blog – that will follow developments relating to patent reform.  The Coalition for Patent Fairness issued this statement: “Deficiencies in our patent system are holding our economy back by dampening innovation and job creation. Congress […]

The American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Intellectual Property Law has submitted comments to the Senate Judiciary Committee on the section’s policies relating to inequitable conduct before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.  The Section believes that the defense should be reformed and retained, rather than eliminated in favor of administrative proceedings in the PTO. […]

Just in case you didn’t know how I feel: patent trolls are a tax on innovation and are evil of the highest order.  ~ A VC In a post entitled “How Patent Trolls Are A Tax On Innovation,” venture capitalist Fred Wilson states that “after 22 years in the venture capital business and countless hours […]

As if a global economic meltdown were not enough for newly-President Obama, more than 130 non-pharma manufacturing companies signed a joint letter to the President detailing their concerns about the economic impact of adopting apportionment of damages legislation. Last month, the Manufacturing Alliance on Patent Policy (MAPP) released an economic analysis that showed how adopting […]

In response to suggestions from the intellectual property (IP) community that the USPTO adopt some form of a deferred examination procedure, the Patent Office will conduct a public roundtable discussion on the topic on Thursday, February 12, 2009, from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the agency’s headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. The goal of the roundtable is […]