An enforceable patent fuels innovation. Healthy innovation powers the economy. Will innovation sustain, and be sustainable in, the United States?
The rule set for the patent system, rooted in the Constitution, continues to evolve today – facilitating invention, innovation and established market powers. The current myth of the US patent owner is influenced by the media, legislation, and Supreme Court decisions. Even if pending legislation stalls, increasingly expensive enforcement, implementation of the American Invents Act, the exceptional volume of litigation at the PTAB, major Supreme Court decisions, judicial conference recommendations, and shifts in industry activity due to efficiencies and opportunities in the US and abroad, create uncertainty for the patent system.
Surprisingly, while the negative environment clouding patents the past few years continues to drift, it also spurs new IP business models. Today’s conference will focus on all aspects of innovation and IP: the current rules, likely changes in the near term, and how new entrants continue to find fresh business models.
Robert Greene Sterne, Co-Chair; Founding Director, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
Chief Judge (ret.) Paul Michel, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Caren Yusem, Co-Chair; Expert, New IP Business Landscape
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