A hearing held today by the Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual Property featured witnesses both for and against the recently introduced Realizing Engineering, Science, and Technology Opportunities by Restoring Exclusive (RESTORE) Patent Rights Act of 2024 trading competing statistics and anecdotes about whether or not the Supreme Court’s 2006 eBay v. MercExchange decision has actually harmed patent owners.
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