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2018 was a significant year in patent news. In this post, we share four key moments that you should know about.

As mentioned in our last blog post, four pro-patent bills have been introduced recently in Congress to address the weakened state of our nation’s patent system. Below are several steps you can take to encourage Congress to take action on this critical issue and to support efforts to strengthen patent protections for American inventors.

The United States has lost its reputation as the global gold standard for IP and patent protection. In 2018, the U.

For more than 230 years, American inventors have relied on the United States patent system to protect their intellectual property. That promise of protection has been an incentive and driving force behind the innovations that have made the U.

1 Patents and VC funds are moving overseas Did you know that patents often play an integral role in securing venture capital funding? In fact, a startup that holds a patent significantly increases its probability of securing VC funding1. Financial Times Global Business Columnist Rana Foroohar echoed that sentiment in a recent column, writing: “There is little doubt that strong IP protection is linked to stronger economic growth.

There’s a lot happening in the world of patents and intellectual property in the United States right now. Most recently, the House version of the STRONGER Patents Act was introduced, with a broad coalition of organizations voicing their support (read about that here); the USPTO inducted a new director, Andrei Iancu; a distinguished panel of IP experts discussed the current state and future of innovation in the U.

If you’ve been following patent and IP news recently, you may have heard that Representatives Steve Stivers (R-OH) and Bill Foster (D-IL) introduced the STRONGER PATENTS Act in the House of Representatives last month. This is the House version of the bill that Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) introduced in the Senate in 2017.

IP is an Important Economic Driver for the U. S.

Patents are crucial to the U. S.

Financial Times global business columnist Rana Foroohar published an insightful and well-researched column in October that highlighted the importance of strong patent protections to the U. S.