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Is federal patent law reform on the horizon?
02 Apr 2025 23:29 GMT
… trials challenging patent validity.
Several patent reform bills are now making their...
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Renewed Efforts in Congress for Pharmaceutical Patent Reform
11 Feb 2025 01:10 GMT
… of USPTO Director Vidal, pharmaceutical patent reform is likely on the minds … to this political transition, pharmaceutical patent reform garnered renewed attention in the …
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Here’s what the new acting USPTO director thinks about patent reform
22 Jan 2025 18:20 GMT
Coke Stewart. Photo credit: USPTO
As a patent lawyer, Coke Morgan Stewart has mainly represented patent challengers and has previously sat down with IAM to discuss her views on Section 101 and discretionary denials
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Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Advances Two Patent Reform Bills
05 Dec 2024 23:30 GMT
This post has been updated since its original publication date.
On November 15, 2024, the US Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property advanced the Inventor Diversity for Economic Advancement (IDEA) Act, one of three significant bills it …
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Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Holds Back Two Key Patent Reform Bills
21 Nov 2024 22:54 GMT
On November 15, 2024, the US Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property advanced the Inventor Diversity for Economic Advancement (IDEA) Act, one of three significant bills it considered this year to reform the patent system. The other two bills …
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IDEA Act passes US Senate Judiciary Committee but delays hit bigger patent reform bills
14 Nov 2024 20:45 GMT
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin
Senators are wrangling behind the scenes over amendments to legislation to reform patent eligibility law and repair abuses in the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
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How proposed drug pricing and patent reform bills will impact US pharma innovation
17 Jul 2024 14:42 GMT
While much of political life in the US is polarised, lawmakers and the executive branch have coalesced to find common ground in the fight against perceived disproportionately-high drug prices in the country. A variety of approaches have been deployed in an …
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Bipartisan Efforts To Legislate Pharmaceutical Patent Reform Heat Up
03 Jun 2024 11:44 GMT
… agreement on calls for pharmaceutical patent reform. The steep prices of brand … , the pharmaceutical industry maintains that patent reform isn’t needed. It cites … appear to want to systematize patent reform and information-sharing between agencies …
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Portland inventor claims 'As Seen On TV' companies knocked off her idea
25 Mar 2025 00:50 GMT
… Peter Harter, an advocate for patent reform and founder of The Farrington …
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DC dispatch: senators push for prescription patent reform at Capitol Hill panel
24 Feb 2024 21:30 GMT
Marissa Zupancic is JURIST’s Washington DC Correspondent, a JURIST Senior Editor and a 3L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. She’s stationed in Washington during her Semester in DC.
US Senators Peter Welch (D-VT) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) …