PDF summary available here I. Introduction A recent draft study about patent licensing companies entitled “Patent Trolls: Evidence from Targeted Firms” is making the rounds on Capitol Hill and […]
[Archived Post] IP Promotes Progress by Securing the Individual Liberty of Inventors and Creators
This is the third in a series of posts summarizing CPIP’s 2014 Fall Conference, “Common Ground: How Intellectual Property Unites Creators and Innovators.” The Conference was held at George Mason […]
[Archived Post] Intellectual Property Unites Creators and Innovators
This is the first in a series of posts summarizing CPIP’s 2014 Fall Conference, “Common Ground: How Intellectual Property Unites Creators and Innovators.” The Conference was held at George Mason […]
[Archived Post] Patent Policy Debates Characterized by “Intolerably High Ratio of Theory to Evidence”
In an interview with Law360 last week, FTC Commissioner Joshua Wright spoke about the FTC’s upcoming study on PAEs and the state of today’s patent policy debates. The interview is […]
[Archived Post] Intellectual Property, Innovation and Economic Growth: Mercatus Gets it Wrong
By Mark Schultz & Adam Mossoff A handful of increasingly noisy critics of intellectual property (IP) have emerged within free market organizations. Both the emergence and vehemence of this group […]
[Archived Post] The Critical Role of Patents in the Development, Commercialization, and Utilization of Innovative Genetic Diagnostic Tests
Last week, CPIP released an important new policy brief, The Critical Role of Patents in the Development, Commercialization, and Utilization of Innovative Genetic Diagnostic Tests, by Professor Chris Holman. Professor Holman […]
[Archived Post] Alice Gets the Most Important Question Right
By Matthew Barblan By far the most important takeaway from today’s Supreme Court decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank is the Court’s acknowledgment that “many computer-implemented claims are formally […]
[Archived Post] Supreme Court Revises Fee-Shifting Rules in Patent Cases: Weeding out Bad Actors in a Level Playing Field
By Adam Mossoff* and Brian O’Shaughnessy† Originally published in LES (USA & Canada)’s weekly e-newsletter, Insights. On April 29, 2014, the Supreme Court handed down two unanimous decisions in Octane Fitness […]
[Archived Post] The Unintended Consequences of Patent “Reform”
By Steven Tjoe Much of today’s patent policy debate focuses on the dynamics of patent litigation. Sensational anecdotes of abusive demand letters, litigants strategically exploiting bad patents, and tales of […]
[Archived Post] An Insightful Analysis of “Fair and Reasonable” in the Determination of FRAND Terms
By Steven Tjoe In his forthcoming George Mason University Law Review article entitled “The Meaning of ‘Fair and Reasonable’ in the Context of Third-Party Determination of FRAND Terms,” Professor Damien […]