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Quote of the Week – Rep. Thomas Massie

Adding uncertainty and costs to getting and maintaining patents will be the largest single cost of the decline of innovation and therefore the economy in this country that I’ve seen in my lifetime. – REPRESENTATIVE THOMAS MASSIE

Save The Inventor Premieres Inventing To Nowhere at South by Southwest 2015 to Sold Out Crowd

More than 300 people packed into Austin’s historic Driskill Hotel on Sunday, March 15th to watch the patent-focused documentary, Inventing to Nowhere. The official SXSW 2015 event was complete with drinks, popcorn, a mac and cheese bar, and the straight-from-the-garage stomp and roll sounds of The Ghost Wolves. After the screening, the crowd participated in Save The Inventor Premieres Inventing To Nowhere at South by Southwest 2015 to Sold Out Crowd

Experts To Congress: Don’t Let H.R. 9 Destroy America’s Competitive Edge

“As Congress considers legislation to address abusive patent litigation, we believe it is imperative that your decisions be informed by reliable data that accurately reflect the real-world performance of the U.S. patent system.” – Letter from top economics and law professors The letters, one from twenty-four prominent conservative organizations, one from forty top academic law Experts To Congress: Don’t Let H.R. 9 Destroy America’s Competitive Edge

Senator Coons Introduces the STRONG Patents Act of 2015

Today, Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) introduced the STRONG Patents Act of 2015, a bill aimed at reducing patent litigation abuse while strengthening the patent system itself in order to sustain American leadership in innovation. Among other measures, the bill would: Ensure Balance in Post-Grant Proceedings Maintain the low-cost and expeditious nature of the administrative-law process Senator Coons Introduces the STRONG Patents Act of 2015