Last week, Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) launched the long-awaited legislative campaign to revive the faltering U.S. innovation system, jointly introducing one bill to restore patent eligibility and another to boost patent reliability at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).
"Every prominent Democrat in the state is going to be thinking about running," said political scientist Philip Jones about the race for Delaware s House seat.
Public comments on the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) practices continued to be posted this week, following the June 20 deadline.
Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2023 introduced, seeking to clarify requirements under USC Section 101 that have been evolving by providing guidance for practitioners and judges on applicability.
This week in Other Barks & Bites: the FTC files an amicus brief asking an appeals court to reconsider an antitrust case against pharmaceutical companies who paid generic manufacturers to drop their patent disputes; senators introduce a bill that would eliminate judicial exceptions to patent eligibility; and more.