Weekly Patent News Highlights 2/18/14 – 2/20/14
Innovators are finally speaking up and joining forces in the fight against patent reform . This week, over 2000 independent inventors signed a letter to Congress expressing their deep concern over the proposed legislation.
Despite good intentions, current legislation still contains provisions that are deeply troubling to many stakeholders. Universities, engineers, small businesses, manufacturers, venture capitalists, and inventors have read between the lines:
“These legislative proposals as written will shift power from everyday inventors and small businesses to larger, better-financed companies.”
Check out this week’s highlights from
Save The Inventor
:
Minnesota Post Op-Ed: Senate must rework reform bill to protect patent system and avoid unintended consequences
Huffington Post: It’s Time for Congress to Stop the War on Inventors
InsideCounsel: IP: Maybe we should let the dust settle or the swirling vortex of patent reform