The Quiet Riot Over the Blueprint for Our Future
On Oct. 7th & 8th, the U.S. Patent Office will hold hearings on Patent Law Harmonization. Across America, that is not the crack of a bullwhip. Few lose sleep worrying about the U.S. patent system. They should. Today’s American patents design tomorrow’s American jobs. That’s why there’s a quiet riot over proposals to change the [...]
A Serious Economic Threat To The United States
The ability of the United States to preserve and expand its economic advantages is under attack through many proposed changes in the way we protect and make public our technological creations and advantages.
How and why U.S. patent law was and is attempted further to be changed
The Japanese are most interested in US patent legislation. They maintain a large lobbying presence in Washington, and they hire many US lobbying firms to influence US legislation and regulation. There is even a separate office of the Japanese government in Washington to coordinate their lobbying activity concerning the US patent laws.
Small Business Innovators See Proposed Patent System as Threat
Though the small business community has largely missed the debate, a major struggle is taking place over the future of the US patent system. Some patent authorities claim what is at stake is the ability of innovation-driven small businesses and startups to raise capital and properly develop innovations so they can best compete in the [...]