Increased PTO Funding Will Help Eliminate Overly Broad Patents

ACT is pleased to see the administration advocating for additional funds for the Patent and Trademark Office.  For many years, this self-funding agency has seen its critical resources diverted away to other agencies.  With a growing patent backlog, and technical assistance needed by examiners evaluating rapidly evolving technologies, the decision [...]

By |2014-05-01T10:53:05-04:00March 4th, 2014|Blog, Uncategorized|

What To Do When You Get A Demand Letter

There is a lot of talk these days about patent trolls – who they are, what they do, and how we can best protect innovators from frivolous lawsuits.  The demand letters sent by patent trolls are particularly concerning to small businesses—like app developers—that don’t have legal teams to help them [...]

By |2016-12-21T00:14:29-05:00February 21st, 2014|Blog, Uncategorized|

What You Should Know About the CBM Program

As patent litigation reform goes through Congress, there has been a lot of discussion about the expansion of the CBM program. However, there has also been a lot of confusion as to what the CBM program is and what expansion will actually mean. So, I’ve put together a FAQ to [...]

By |2016-12-21T00:14:29-05:00February 20th, 2014|Uncategorized|

ACT Applauds WH Patent Troll Executive Action, Warns Against Litigation-Promoting CBM Expansion

Association for Competitive Technology executive director Morgan Reed issued the following statement regarding today's White House executive actions addressing patent quality. Action is clearly needed to address the problem of patent trolls. Thankfully the White House has responded to the requests of tech innovators to improve patent quality at the [...]

By |2016-12-21T00:14:29-05:00February 20th, 2014|Blog, Uncategorized|
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