by Deb Hess | Feb 6, 2020 | Advocacy, UIA membership
UNITED INVENTORS ASSOCIATION LAUNCHES AMBASSADOR PROGRAM Group to Support Independent Inventor Community Minneapolis, MN (February 2020): For over 29 years, the non-profit 501(c)(3) United Inventors Association of America (UIA) has been empowering inventors...
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,...
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