by UIA | Mar 5, 2019 | Advocacy, Case study
The USPTO recently released a report on the trends and characteristics of U.S. women inventors named on U.S. patents granted from 1976 through 2016. Sadly but not surprisingly, the report showed that women still represent a minority of inventors with patents. While...
by UIA | Nov 7, 2017 | Advocacy, Intellectual property
The US Supreme Court will hear a very important patent case on the Monday following Thanksgiving. The case is Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC. The reason this is important is that the overriding issue of the case is the validity of...
by UIA | Jun 27, 2017 | Advocacy
UIA Executive Director John Calvert and Board President Warren Tuttle pen a letter to Wilbur Ross (US Secretary of Commerce) about what to consider when hiring the next USPTO Director. Dear Mr. Ross: The United Inventors Association (UIA) represents almost 15,000...
by UIA | Jul 27, 2016 | Advocacy
UIA President shares a letter he sent to the 2016 presidential candidates asking for a meeting to discuss patent reform issues and share insights from the independent inventor community. Read the letter in its entirety here. On behalf of the United Inventors...
by UIA | Sep 16, 2015 | Advocacy, Intellectual property
Here’s a brief update on what is happening currently with the latest “patent reform” efforts in Washington DC. In late Spring, the Senate Judiciary committee voted to advance legislation, favored only by the tech and consumer electronics industries,...
by UIA | Jul 14, 2015 | Advocacy, Intellectual property
American innovation depends on the rights of independent inventors. H.R.9, the Innovation Act, is inventor killing legislation moving rapidly through the House of Representatives. It passed out of the House Judiciary Committee and is scheduled for a full floor...
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