That Giant Sucking Sound The America Invents Act approved in September directly affects independent inventors and patent filers of all stripes. We examine how the new law alters the playing field – and what you need to know to...
Read MoreWASHINGTON – The USPTO will host a free public webinar with senior agency officials on Monday, October 31, 2011 to discuss the America Invents Act (AIA). This historic legislation was signed into law by President Barack Obama on...
Read MoreCutbacks at the Patent Office = Cutbacks in Jobs, Innovation U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director David Kappos recently sent a memo to all employees announcing cutbacks. In the politically charged fight to curb the federal...
Read MoreThose of us watching – and participating – in patent reform legislation were surprised and delighted to see U.S. Senator Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., repeatedly reference an article Inventors Digest friend and supporter Gene Quinn wrote in...
Read MoreThe U.S. Patent & Trademark Office continues to struggle with a backlog of patents, a growing pendency rate and funding and staffing woes – all of which are hurting independent inventors in particular. Independent inventors...
Read MorePilot Program Expands Opportunity to Accelerate Green Technology Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office David Kappos said the deadline for filing petitions under the USPTO’s Green Technology Pilot Program,...
Read MoreBuilding on its do-gooding efforts, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has unveiled proposals to spur technologies that help humanity. Under a proposed pilot program, patent holders who make their technology available for...
Read MoreThis week the Senate passed H.R. 5874 to increase the Fiscal Year 2010 spending authority for the USPTO by $129 million, and we expect the President to sign the bill into law shortly. This action reflects the recognition on the...
Read MoreIPWatchdog’s Quinn Shadows Kappos for a Day I know it’s vogue in some circles to diss government as bloated, over-reaching, corrupt and even menacing. But to paint all government workers and leaders with such a broad...
Read MoreThe U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today unveiled a three-pronged plan to fast-track some applications, delay others and leave some on the status quo. The hope is that a multitier approach will speed up the overall pendency,...
Read MoreIn case you were unaware of it, today is World Intellectual Property Day. The World Intellectual Property Organization or WIPO designated the occasion in 2004. Its main tenets: to raise awareness of how patents, copyrights,...
Read MoreIs the Patent System Strangling Innovation? By George H. Baptiste After reading your article on U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director David Kappos (Yes He Can? – January 2010), I urgently need to share my depressing...
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