Category: America Invents Act

The Death of Intellectual Property? Andy Warhol Versus Lynn Goldsmith

Commentary The Supreme Court has been making a lot of controversial decisions lately, but one upcoming decision that could have a great impact on American innovation isn’t getting much press. The legal basis for U.S. intellectual property (IP) rights is found in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. The Founding Fathers believed that…


The Slow Destruction of American Innovation

Commentary On Dec. 11, Senators Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and Chris Coons (D-Del.) sent a letter (pdf) to Andrei Iancu, director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), requesting an inquiry into whether “qualified women are unnecessarily excluded from membership in the ‘patent bar.’” In other words, is there a systemic,…