Patent

The America Invents Act at section 102 changes the way that inventors and companies that own inventions do business. In one of the most important developments for inventors and invention owners, ALL U.S. PATENT RIGHTS IMMEDIATELY TERMINATE if any of the following events occurs on or after March 17, 2013, unless the inventor has filed […]

The United States’ patent system is broken.  It should be fixed.  Doing so will improve America’s competitive position in the world.  Bad patents should not be granted.  Patents should be examined more quickly.  Inventors should be encouraged to invent new technologies and get them to market. It would be difficult to find anyone to disagree […]

On Friday (June 24, 2011), the U.S. House of Representatives passed the ‘America Invents Act,’  a version of which already has passed the U.S. Senate.  The Senate and House bills now will move to a conference committee to iron out the differences between the two versions.  The ‘America Invents Act’ soon will become law and […]

David E. Boundy, Vice President, Assistant General Counsel Intellectual Property at a well-known financial services firm, in Boston MA, has asked patent practitioners around the country to post information about the patent bill now in its final stages of consideration by the U.S. Congress.  The  patent lawyers at Lipton, Weinberger & Husick have regularly devoted […]