U.S. Supreme Court,
Intellectual Property,
Government
Jul. 26, 2017
Patent system reform must be done with surgical strikes
The three branches need to improve the operation of the system with surgical strikes, best done by the courts for the most part, not carpet bomb it into oblivion.
Paul R. Michel
Paul R. Michel is a former chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Not all the developments in recent years with respect to the patent system have harmed investment and made the system less efficient. In fact, many complaints are now summarily dismissed for failing to meet the new requirement of fact-pleading the new rules and the U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Bell Atlantic v. Twombly and Ashcroft v. Iqbal instituted. Many patents are now being invalidated as indefinite before...
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