Here is a report on recent news and commentary related to the Federal Circuit and its cases. Today’s report highlights:
- a blog post reporting how the markup of three proposed bills to reform patent law was postponed from last Thursday to this Thursday; and
- an article discussing the announcement of a “new inventors’ rights group” called the “Inventors Defense Alliance,” which aims to help “startups, small businesses, and entrepreneurs defend their intellectual property rights and access capital.”
Dennis Crouch reported in a blog post on PatentlyO how the markup of three proposed bills to reform patent law was postponed from last Thursday to this Thursday. He reports that “a number of Senate committee members have taken issue with the proposals” and predicts that “lobbying will be high.” We previously reported on last week’s scheduled markup.
Eileen McDermott filed an article with IP Watchdog discussing the announcement of a “new inventors’ rights group” called the “Inventors Defense Alliance,” which aims to help “startups, small businesses, and entrepreneurs defend their intellectual property rights and access capital.” McDermott explains that the group “includes Professor Kristen Osenga, professor at the University of Richmond School of Law, as its chief policy counselor, and boasts a board featuring the Hon. Paul R. Michel, former Chief Judge of United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC).”