Advocacy

Scott Brown’s recent Senate victory sent shockwaves well beyond the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It ended the Democrats’ filibuster proof majority, and makes broad efforts at reform a challenge. As we’ve noted repeatedly, President Obama has provided a welcome commitment to reforming the patent system. If Democrats are no longer able to push proposals through the…

At a time when America is trying to regain its economic footing, we need to ensure that new innovation is taking place at a rapid place that can help pull the country out of tough times. However, it’s hard to move forward on that front when there’s a major backlog of patent applications at the…