Business

Business, Patent

On September 13, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer reportedly expressed a willingness to negotiate on several points of contention regarding the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), including potentially reducing the 10-year period…

The Great Escape: Efficient Infringers Increasingly Seek to Abuse Antitrust Law

September 18, 2019

Last week the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued an important decision that might be easy to overlook. In Intellectual Ventures I LLC v. Capital One…

A Step Forward for the STRONGER Patents Act

September 17, 2019

The bipartisan STRONGER Patents Act of 2019 took an important step forward last week, as the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property held a hearing on the proposed legislation. Senators…

This Week in D.C.: NASA Deep Space Exploration, Small Business and Innovation, and Transportation Sustainability

September 16, 2019

Business, Patent

This week in the U.S. Capitol and Washington D.C area., technology and innovation hearings in the House of Representatives will focus on tech at the Environmental Protection Agency, small business…

Chief Judge Paul Michel: Patent Reform Progress is Likely, But We Must Stay Focused On the Big Picture

September 15, 2019

Last week during IPWatchdog’s Patent Masters Symposium, former Federal Circuit Chief Judge Paul Michel sat down with me to discuss the state of the U.S. patent system and best options/…

Take Steps to Deter the Spy in Your Business

September 14, 2019

Tesla recently filed two lawsuits for theft of trade secrets. In March, the auto maker sued several former employees and the two companies they joined, Zoox and Chinese EV automaker…

Don’t Ignore the Flashing Caution Lights in the Drug Pricing Debate

September 13, 2019

Business, Patent

Trying to rationally address hot button issues in an election year is always a dangerous proposition. That’s particularly true as we approach what promises to be one of the nastiest…

Proving a Negative Claim Limitation: A Tale of Three Nonprecedential Cases

September 12, 2019

In the past 10 months, the issue of proving negative claim limitations has cropped up on appeals to the Federal Circuit. At least three panels of the Federal Circuit have…

Clarifying Competitor Standing in PTAB Appeals

September 11, 2019