Q: Can you give us a sense on where the committee will go on patents? A: Fortunately, the courts are also reviewing our patent laws particularly as they pertain to litigation. Some of the decisions they have made in recent years have had, what I think, is a positive impact on reducing the problem [...]
The President believes that will require Republicans to enact legislation on the issues central to the President’s campaign and the party Platform; issues Republicans have been complaining about over the past eight years. The mismatched re-election priorities of Republicans can be expected to continue roiling Capitol Hill throughout the remainder of 2017 and likely into [...]
Prior to being hired in March 2013 by the U.S. Department of Commerce to become an Administrative Patent Judge (APJ) on the PTAB, Matthew R. Clements represented Apple as patent infringement defense counsel while working for Ropes & Gray. Since September 2014, APJ Clements has been assigned to numerous petitions, mostly CBMs but some [...]
Each year, the US Trade Representative releases its “Special 301 report” – identifying countries that fail to provide “adequate and effective” intellectual property rights protection as well as “fair and equitable market access” to US persons relying upon IP rights. The 2016 Report included substantial information regarding the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and commitments “to [...]
Henry Bloget: “Move fast and break things is Facebook’s prime directive to developers. Unless you are breaking stuff,” Zuckerberg said, “you are not moving fast enough.” Eight years later, Zuckerberg Facebook mantra has taken an altogether different meaning. In a new book, Hollywood Producer and former USC Annenberg Innovation Lab, offers a dark vision [...]
The Federal Circuit patent consisted of Judges Lourie, Reyna, and Stoll. Judge Reyna delivered the panel’s opinion. Procedurally, RecogniCorp sued Nintendo for infringement of U.S. Patent No. 8,005,303. The district court found that RecogniCorp’s patent claimed ineligible subject matter and, based on that finding, granted Nintendo’s motion for judgment on the pleadings. RecogniCorp then [...]
