How Could We Reduce Inflation and Balance Foreign Trade & The Federal Budget?
We are now nearing the end of the second year of high inflation, and many are wondering why it has been so hard for the Fed to kill inflation. Could the Fed improve the efficiency of its inflation and avoid causing a recession? Could it do so in a way that balances both foreign trade […]
A Rogue Farm Trade Group Threatens to Destroy Farm Property.
We are at a pivotal moment. China now leads the United States in 37 of 44 technologies critical to our national security and economic growth. These technologies range from artificial intelligence to crop seeds, and everything in between, including technologies key to the Broadband Equity and Access Deployment (BEAD) program. Ironically, Burton Eller, Legislative Director […]
Sounding the Alarm at the MIT Technology Licensing Office.
MIT Media Lab Innovator Gauri Nanda—Inventor of Clocky®—Needs TLO Support. Technology transfer plays a critical role in technological progress and innovation. Universities and university-based researchers are responsible for creating some of this country’s most important technological innovations. The internet browser (Netscape), the internet search engine (Google), and numerous biotechnologies all were developed at U.S. universities. […]
USI’s Position on PERA: Serious Matters Require Serious Discussions.
What is the USI’s PERA Position? US Inventor (USI) disclosed its position on the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) in September 2023. Gene Quinn, founder of IP Watchdog, took issue with USI’s position in what can only be called a hit-piece intended to shut down constructive debate. He has since refused to publish anything from […]
PERA is Dangerous to U.S. Innovation.
What is the public policy justification to restrict US innovation in ways that no other country does? No legislation should be introduced without a fully debated and clearly articulated public policy justification. To do so is bad lawmaking that brings dangerous consequences. A prime example of bad lawmaking is the America Invents Act of 2011 […]
Situational Morality And Pulse Oximetry: Apple Watch Infringement And Human Nature.
As a nerdy kid, I used to read popular science magazines in the checkout line, waiting for my mom to finish buying groceries. It was the early 1980’s. I remember picking up the latest Psychology Today issue and flipping through it. I read a short blurb about a “morality” experiment. The details are fuzzy. But […]
The value of adding new dependent claims during patent prosecution.
I frequently like to hedge my bets while prosecuting patent applications before the USPTO. If an examiner is arguably wrong in rejecting claims based on the prior art, I will often suggest to my clients to argue the rejection without amending the claims, but also to add new dependent claims that distinguish over the cited […]
Bite The Beast Until It Moves.
The Power within Our History Throughout American history, there has been a perpetual struggle between the small guys and the big guys. These stories have shaped our nation’s narrative, creating David v. Goliath stories, shedding light on corruption that exists within governments, monopolies, and foreign entities, and driving protests to enact change. From the early […]
Masimo v. Apple: Legal Update Regarding Stay of ITC Orders.
The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) recently granted remedial orders in the hotly contested, and widely followed, Section 337 investigation involving Masimo Corp. and Apple. Certain Light-Based Physiological Measurement Devices and Components Thereof, Inv. No. 337-TA-1276. In that investigation, Masimo sought to exclude Apple’s Apple Watch from importation to the U.S. on the basis […]