By Kevin Madigan & Adam Mossoff A key value in the empirical work done in the social sciences and in the STEM fields is that data is made public and […]
[Archived Post] CPIP Scholars To Federal Circuit: Protect Innovation in the Life Sciences
Last week, a group of CPIP scholars—Chris Holman, David Lund, Adam Mossoff, and Kristen Osenga—filed an amicus brief in Natural Alternatives International v. Creative Compounds, a case currently on appeal […]
[Archived Post] Department of Justice Recognizes Importance of Reliable Patent Rights in Innovation Economy
It is undeniable that the patent system has been under stress for the past decade, as courts, regulators, and even the Patent Office itself (as the newly confirmed Director Andrei […]
[Archived Post] The PTAB’s Regulatory Overreach and How it Cripples the Innovation Economy
On August 14, 2017, the Regulatory Transparency Project of the Federalist Society published a new white paper, Crippling the Innovation Economy: Regulatory Overreach at the Patent Office. This white paper […]
[Archived Post] An Ever-Weakening Patent System is Threatening the Future of American Innovation
Over the past ten years, the United States patent system has been transformed by new legislation, regulatory actions, and numerous decisions by the Supreme Court addressing nearly every area of […]
[Archived Post] Event Recap: Great Inventors and the Patent System
By Bhamati Viswanathan On February 16, 2017, CPIP hosted a panel discussion, America as a Place of Innovation: Great Inventors and the Patent System, at the Smithsonian National Museum of […]
[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 Patents Help Startups Grow, Innovate, and Succeed
By Devlin Hartline Many academic studies of the patent system focus on the negative, extrapolating from anecdotes about a few bad actors to make the case that our patent system […]
[Archived Post] #AliceStorm for Halloween: Was it a Trick or a Treat?
The following guest post from Robert R. Sachs, Partner at Fenwick & West LLP, first appeared on the Bilski Blog, and it is reposted here with permission. By Robert R. […]