ABA, associations: Proposed Senate bills would empower patent trolls
Two Senate bills currently under consideration would “open the floodgates” to low-quality patents and leave technology developers and end-users with ...
Tag: Patent reform
Associations respond to proposed rules on patent trial and appeal’s board practices
ABA and other associations responded this week to two U.S. Patent and Trademark Office notices of proposed rulemakings regarding general ...
ABA, associations raise concerns on proposed rulemaking for patent appeals
A series of proposed changes restricting access to America Invents Act post-grant proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ...
ABA, Groups Call for Short-Term Extension of Covered Business Method Program
ABA joined a group of financial and retail trade groups in a letter to Sens. David Perdue (R-Ga.) and Richard ...
ABA Wins N.H. Defamation Case Brought by Patent Troll
In a unanimous decision, the New Hampshire Supreme Court today upheld a lower court ruling that dismissed defamation claims brought ...
Supreme Court Limits Ability of Patent Assertion Entities to Cherry-Pick Courts
The Supreme Court today reversed a lower court finding and dealt a blow to the ability of patent assertion entities ...
Supreme Court to Hear Key Patent Troll Case
The Supreme Court said today that it would hear the case of TC Heartland v. Kraft, which the American Bankers ...
Supreme Court Upholds ABA-Supported Patent Review Process
The Supreme Court today upheld a patent review process used by the Patent and Trademark Office to review existing patents ...
Two Intellectual Ventures Banking Patents Invalidated Under Alice
The decision leaves only Capital One’s antitrust counterclaims to be resolved.
House Panel Passes Patent Reform Bill
By a bipartisan 24-8 vote, the House Judiciary Committee yesterday approved the Innovation Act (H.R. 9), which would seek to ...
