At a conference hosted by the Innovation Alliance in September in Washington D. C.

Politico Whiteboard: Appeals court judge cautions Congress on patent legislation 9/27/13 2:38 PM EDT A prominent appeals judge warned today that lawmakers should stay out of further patent reform. “There’s a more important structural reason why Congress should not be in this business and that is because we have a separation of powers,” said Kathleen O’Malley, a circuit judge on the U.

The Innovation Alliance, a coalition of R&D-based technology companies, supports measures to improve patent quality and curb excessive litigation costs for all users of the patent system. Certain reform proposals recently circulated by the White House and in Congress, however, would unfairly diminish the value and enforceability of patents.