Congressional Testimony and Administrative Comments

Congressional Testimony

• Intellectual Property and Strategic Competition with China: Part I, House of Representatives, 117th Cong. (2023)
  • Invited witness before the Subcomm. on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet of the H. Comm. on the Judiciary
• 5G: National Security Concerns, Intellectual Property Issues, and the Impact on Competition and Innovation, Senate, 116th Cong. (2019)
  • Statement submitted to the S. Comm. on the Judiciary
• The State of Patent Eligibility in America: Part I, Senate, 116th Cong. (2019)
  • Invited witness before the Subcomm. on Intellectual Property of the S. Comm. on the Judiciary
  • Media coverage: Patent-Eligible Subject Matter Reform in the 116th Congress, Wired, Science
• The Internet of Things, House of Representatives, 114th Cong. (2015)
  • Statement submitted to the Subcomm. on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet of the H. Comm. on the Judiciary
• H.R. ___, the Targeting Rogue and Opaqe Letters Act (TROL Act), House of Representatives, 114th Cong. (2015)
  • Invited witness before the Subcomm. on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade of the H. Comm. on Energy and Commerce
  • Media coverage: Ars Technica
• Examining Recent Supreme Court Cases in the Patent Arena, House of Representatives, 114th Cong. (2015)
  • Statement submitted to the Subcomm. on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet of the H. Comm. on the Judiciary
• The Impact of Patent Assertion Entities on Innovation and the Economy, House of Representatives, 113th Cong. (2013)
  • Invited witness before the Subcomm. on Oversight and Investigations of the H. Comm. on Energy and Commerce

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Comments

• Patenting Artificial Intelligence Inventions, 84 Fed. Reg. 44889 (USPTO Nov. 9, 2019)
  • For the R Street Institute
• Motion to Amend Practice and Procedures in Trial Proceedings Under the America Invents Act Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, 83 Fed. Reg. 54319 (USPTO Dec. 14, 2018)
  • For the R Street Institute
• Changes to the Claim Construction Standard for Interpreting Claims in Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, 83 Fed. Reg. 21221 (USPTO July 9, 2018)
  • For the R Street Institute
• Application of the Written Description Requirement to Specific Situations in Design Applications, 81 Fed. Reg. 22233 (USPTO June 14, 2016)
  • For Public Knowledge
• Patent Quality Metrics for Fiscal Year 2017 and Request for Comments on Improving Patent Quality Measurement, 81 Fed. Reg. 16142 (USPTO May 24, 2016)
  • For Public Knowledge and the Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Topics for USPTO Quality Case Studies: Interview Summaries, 80 Fed. Reg. 79277 (USPTO Feb. 12, 2016)
  • For the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Public Knowledge
• Topics for USPTO Quality Case Studies: Statements of Reasons for Allowance, 80 Fed. Reg. 79277 (USPTO Feb. 12, 2016)
  • For the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Public Knowledge
• Proposed Pilot Program Exploring an Alternative Approach to Institution Decisions in Post Grant Administrative Reviews, 80 Fed. Reg. 67734 (USPTO Nov. 18, 2015)
  • For Public Knowledge and the Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Enhancing Patent Quality, 80 Fed. Reg. 6475 (USPTO May 6, 2015)
  • For the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Engine Advocacy, and Public Knowledge
• 2014 Interim Guidance on Patent Subject Matter Eligibility, 79 Fed. Reg. 74618 (USPTO Mar. 16, 2015)
  • For Public Knowledge
• Trial Proceedings Under the America Invents Act Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, 79 Fed. Reg. 36474 (USPTO Sept. 30, 2014)
  • For Public Knowledge
• Optimum First Action and Total Patent Pendency, 79 Fed. Reg. 38854 (USPTO Sept. 8, 2014)
  • For Public Knowledge
• Examination Instruction and Guidance Pertaining to Patent-Eligible Subject Matter, 79 Fed. Reg. 36786 (USPTO July 31, 2014)
  • For Public Knowledge
• Changes to Require Identification of Attributable Owner, 79 Fed. Reg. 4105 (USPTO Apr. 23, 2014)
  • For Public Knowledge
• The Use of Crowdsourcing and Third-Party Preissuance Submissions to Identify Relevant Prior Art, 79 Fed. Reg. 15319 (USPTO Apr. 23, 2014)
  • For Public Knowledge
• Prior Art Resources for Use in the Examination of Software-Related Patent Applications, 79 Fed. Reg. 644 (USPTO Mar. 17, 2014)
  • For Public Knowledge, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Engine Advocacy
  • Media coverage: Boing Boing
• Strategies for Improving Claim Clarity: Glossary Use in Defining Claim Terms, 79 Fed. Reg. 17137 (USPTO Oct. 24, 2013)
  • For Public Knowledge and the Electronic Frontier Foundation

Federal Trade Commission Comments

• Proposed Update to the Antitrust Guidelines for the Licensing of Intellectual Property (DOJ & FTC Sept. 26, 2016)
  • For Public Knowledge
• MPHJ Technology Investments, LLC, et al.—Consent Agreement, 159 F.T.C. 1004 (FTC Dec. 8, 2014)
  • For Public Knowledge
• Agency Information Collection Activities (Patent Assertion Entities Study II), 79 Fed. Reg. 28715 (FTC & OMB June 18, 2014)
  • For Public Knowledge
• Agency Information Collection Activities (Patent Assertion Entities Study I), 78 Fed. Reg. 61352 (FTC Dec. 16, 2013)
  • For Public Knowledge, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Engine Advocacy

Other Administrative Agency Comments

• Antitrust Consent Decree Review—ASCAP and BMI 2019 (U.S. Dep’t of Justice Aug. 9, 2019)
  • For the R Street Institute
• 21st Century Cures Act: Interoperability, Information Blocking, and the ONC Health IT Certification Program, 84 Fed. Reg. 7424 (Dep’t of Health & Human Servs. June 3, 2019)
  • For the R Street Institute
• Reference Amount Customarily Consumed for Flavored Nut Butter Spreads, 81 Fed. Reg. 76323 (FDA Jan. 3, 2017)
  • For Consumers and Fans of Nutella in Opposition to the Citizen Petition
  • Media coverage: Washington Post
• Development of the Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement, 80 Fed. Reg. 52800 (IPEC Oct. 16, 2015)
  • For Public Knowledge and Eleven Other Organizations
  • Media coverage: Politico Morning Tech
• Strategy for American Innovation, 79 Fed. Reg. 44064 (OSTP & NEC Sept. 23, 2014)
  • For Public Knowledge

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