July 2015 – US Inventor

News of the Week – July 30th

News of the Week - July 30th The Innovation Act poses a threat to this drug discovery process. The bill creates a host of new administrative hassles for those defending their patents in court. New legal expenses and time burdens could deter researchers from pouring funds into drug development because the patents

Unintended Consequences? U.S. Code Title 35

Unintended Consequences? U.S. Code Title 35 The proof is that inventors, the very group the American Patent System was created for, have been shut out of hearings. In the Senate, The PATENT Act got through the markup without a single inventor being allowed into a single hearing. For the House’s Innovation Act,

Debunking Lex Machina Patent Data

Debunking Lex Machina Patent Data The anti-inventor lobby conducted a panel discussion on Monday July 20 in support of H.R.9. The crux of this panel was to show that patent litigation has increased thus it is urgent for Congress to pass H.R.9 now. Unfortunately, the data they cite does not support their

Calling all geeky inventors: Submissions open for ‘Inventions We Love’ at the GeekWire Summit

Calling all geeky inventors: Submissions open for ‘Inventions We Love’ at the GeekWire Summit Inventors from around the country will be displaying quirky inventions at the GeekWire Summit in October: "One of our favorite parts of last year’s GeekWire Summit was the introduction of a new segment we called “Inventions We Love.”