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Innovation and U.S. Patent Law

BY | June 19, 2018

By Paul R. Michel & Matthew J. Dowd Because the strength of patent rights gauges the incentive to invest, America’s future is threatened by the weakening of those rights. Starting…

By Paul R. Michel & Matthew J. Dowd

Because the strength of patent rights gauges the incentive to invest, America’s future is threatened by the weakening of those rights. Starting in 2006 and continuing to today, excessive and uncoordinated incursions by the Supreme Court, the Congress and the patent office have enfeebled patent rights. The American Patent System, previously the best in the world, but now ranked 12th, is failing, patenting is being avoided by many, and investments are

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