Once upon a time, patents were supposed to reward—and protect—innovation. That was before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (or PTO) got snowed under with applications, slowing the patent process to a crawl. Before the PTO started issuing streams of patents that many viewed as vague and overly broad. And before so-called nonpracticing entities, or… Continue Reading
Tag Archives: NPE
FAQs: The America Invents Act
Posted on from MoFo Tech Spring/Summer 2012Could the America Invents Act help reduce the backlog of patents pending before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office? The PTO has long suffered from budgetary shortfalls, resulting in a backlog of some 670,000 applications. The AIA gives the PTO the right to boost its fees and keep at least some of its own funding. … Continue Reading