Eleven years ago, DC extruded the exceedingly awful America Invents Act. Which took the most successful Intellectual Property (IP) system in the history of humanity - and fundamentally transformed it into an America-Last strip-mine of domestic IP creation.
The AIA is an abomination and has resulted in the destruction of the finest innovation engine (the US patent system) the world has ever seen. The fact that large tech companies and China are the top filers in the AIA-created Patent Trial and Appeals Board tells you all you need to know about how the deck has been stacked against American independent inventors and start-ups.
The AIA is an abomination and has resulted in the destruction of the finest innovation engine (the US patent system) the world has ever seen. The fact that large tech companies and China are the top filers in the AIA-created Patent Trial and Appeals Board tells you all you need to know about how the deck has been stacked against American independent inventors and start-ups.