By Kristen Osenga I recently had the pleasure of participating in a panel on third-party litigation funding (TPLF), which was part of the Annual Fall Conference at George Mason University’s […]
[Archived Post] Qualcomm Founder Dr. Irwin M. Jacobs Delights Attendees at CPIP’s Sixth Annual Fall Conference
By Kathleen Wills* On October 11-12, 2018, the Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property (CPIP) hosted its Sixth Annual Fall Conference at Antonin Scalia Law School in Arlington, Virginia. […]
[Archived Post] New “Invalidated” Documentary Highlights the Problems With the PTAB: Free Screening on October 26
By Devlin Hartline and Aditi Kulkarni* [The “Invalidated” documentary will be screened this Friday, October 26, at 5:30 PM in Washington, D.C. To register for this free event, which features […]
[Archived Post] New CPIP Report: The Global Patent Pendency Problem
Why are some of the biggest fights about patent policy almost pointless in some places? Because in many countries, including some of the world’s most important emerging economies, it takes […]
[Archived Post] CPIP Scholars File Amicus Brief in Trading Technologies v. CQG
By Bhamati Viswanathan Earlier this month, CPIP Senior Scholar Adam Mossoff penned an amicus brief in Trading Technologies v. CQG, currently on appeal to the Federal Circuit. The brief was […]
[Archived Post] Federal Circuit Brings Some Clarity and Sanity Back to Patent Eligibility Doctrine
By Adam Mossoff and Kevin Madigan Following the Supreme Court’s four decisions on patent eligibility for inventions under § 101 of the Patent Act, there has been much disruption and […]
[Archived Post] Do As I Say, Not As I Do: Google’s Patent Transparency Hypocrisy
It is common today to hear that it’s simply impossible to search a field of technology to determine whether patents are valid or if there’s even freedom to operate at […]
[Archived Post] How Strong Patents Make Wealthy Nations
By Devlin Hartline & Kevin Madigan How did the world’s wealthiest nations grow rich? The answer, according to Professor Stephen Haber of Stanford University, is that “they had well-developed systems […]
[Archived Post] Acknowledging the Limitations of the FTC’s PAE Study
The FTC’s long-awaited case study of patent assertion entities (PAEs) is expected to be released this spring. Using its subpoena power under Section 6(b) to gather information from a handful […]
[Archived Post] Changes to Patent Venue Rules Risk Collateral Damage to Innovators
By Devlin Hartline Advocates for changing the patent venue rules, which dictate where patent owners can sue alleged infringers, have been arguing that their remedy will cure the supposed disease […]