EDWARDS: The Patent and Trademark Office — an enemy to America’s inventors
The Patent and Trademark Office, the federal agency charged with securing certain intellectual property, has become an enemy of America's inventors. How is it that an office charged with protecting innovation is subverting it? In 2011, Congress passed the America Invents Act. This law included a number of provisions harmful to IP rights. Perhaps the worst was the establishment of new administrative procedures for challenging a patent's validity. The abuse of this system has reached epidemic proportions. It's time for […]
