The Department of Commerce has floated a proposal to tax U.S. patent holdings as a means of reducing the national debt, as outlined in a recent Wall Street Journal article. It is a bad idea that reflects a troubling...more
7/30/2025
/ Constitutional Challenges ,
Federal Budget ,
Federal Taxes ,
Innovation ,
Inventors ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Tax Liability ,
Taxation ,
U.S. Treasury ,
USPTO ,
Wealth Tax
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Comments on New AIA Rules; Implementing the New Micro Entity Status at the U.S. Patent Office; Obama Administration Focuses on Chinese Trade Secret Misappropriation; and Tiffany & Co. v. Costco Wholesale...more
5/13/2013
/ America Invents Act ,
China ,
Costco ,
Fees ,
First-to-File ,
Generic ,
Inventors ,
Micro Entity Status ,
Misappropriation ,
Patent Reform ,
Patents ,
Tiffany and Company ,
Trade Secrets ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO