News of the Week – September 10th China’s economy has been on a rollercoaster ride for the past few months, and the latest data out of the world’s second largest nation isn’t getting much better. (Fortune). atent scholars have proposed several theories to understand why SCOTUS increased its review of patent decisions.
News of the Week – September 3rd In a report that could help the Federal Reserve decide whether to raise interest rates this month, the central bank said Wednesday the U.S. economy grew a bit more slowly from early July to mid August as consumer spending accelerated but a strong dollar and low oil prices
News of the Week – August 27th How and why The Economist published such complete and utter nonsense in its August 8th edition remains a mystery. It is outright false to say that patents played no role in advancement during the Industrial Revolution. It is even more ridiculous to claim patents played
Carly Fiorina on Patent Reform in Congress Carly Fiorina, former Hewlett Packard CEO, and now in the midst of challenging for the Republican Presidential nomination, spoke at the Iowa State Fair this week, specifically touching on the patent reform bill in Congress right now. She said the bill would harm the small innovator
News of the Week – August 13th The U.S. economy is plodding along amid turbulence around the globe, a sign of its relative strength despite mounting questions about its long-term vitality (Wall Street Journal). The American economy delivered pretty much what was expected last month in terms of hiring, giving the Federal
The path to prosperity requires sound patent policy, not more patent reform Iowa State Senator Jeff Danielson recently wrote a piece on patent policy Innovation is the lifeblood of a prosperous economy. Iowa’s recent economic performance, where improvements in agriculture and manufacturing have allowed us to weather the storm of a national
News of the Week – August 6th Without some ability to create a barrier to entry simple laws of economics mean that if you make money there will be market entrants that seek to make money competing against you. Having a strong patent position makes it more difficult for competitors to cannibalize
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
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 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.”
