IP Watchdog

APRIL 4, 2022

Supreme Court, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) submitted a number of questions for the record, including 35 IP-related questions on topics ranging from patent eligibility to anti-suit injunctions and 15 antitrust questions, to which Judge Jackson recently responded. While Tillis voted against Judge Jackson’s appointment to the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 25, 2022

This week in Washington IP news, committee hearings at the U.S. House of Representatives focus on several topics related to technology including improvements to civil space procurement activities to promote cybersecurity in space systems, the use of facial recognition technology by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

I did a (rare for me) Twitter thread on this topic, which is so crucial that I’m sharing it here as well: On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee will be marking up the EARN IT Act, which removes Section 230 for child sexual abuse material (CSAM). DO NOT ASSUME YOUR SENATORS KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT EARN IT.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

At 10AM today, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold nomination hearings for Leonard P. While I am sure the topic will be raised, it’s far too esoteric an issue to stall a nomination to an agency of little interest to the general voting public. CAFC & USPTO Director Nomination Hearings.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 31, 2021

The following comes from Chief Justice John Roberts’ end-of-year Report on the Federal Judiciary for 2021. The third agenda topic I would like to highlight is an arcane but important matter of judicial administration: judicial assignment and venue for patent cases in federal trial court.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 2, 2021

Topical Highlight. A Parliamentary Standing Committee Report that Challenges the Fine Balances Within the IP System. In a guest post , Dr. Arul George Scaria writes about the macro and structural issues with the recently released Parliamentary Standing Committee Report on IPR. Thematic Highlights. Back from the Dead?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 5, 2022

My points relate only loosely to “dark patterns,” but there was no better place for my remarks in the hearing’s initial taxonomy of topics. I understand the topic taxonomy reflected what the agency wanted to hear about, but it also inhibited participation by leaving no identifiable space for other issues that constituents want to raise.

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