December 2017 – American Inventors for Justice

‘Private [property] rights…’

‘http://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/365476-patent-rights-are-property-rights-and-we-must-protect-them

‘Private [property] rights are strictly the domain of the federal judiciary.’

We agree. In redirecting that authority to an administrative tribunal for patent controversies, the America Invents Act (AIA) has stripped inventors of our right to a trial by jury for our most important and valuable property. Any law which denies that right, or materially diminishes it must be struck down. The large multinational infringers (thieves) who we believe based on our knowledge drafted AIA and the original 1981 law that established post issue admin review clearly violated the spirit and letter of the Constitution. Abuse of that process began soon after.

‘abuse of that process began shortly after’

SCOTUS now has the opportunity and duty to reclaim the authority of the courts and restore inventor rights. This is a crucial time for the Court to reestablish rule of law and the supremacy of the Constitution.

In support of a just court, we are now beginning to draft our bill: The American Inventor Restoration Act. We will be working with our friends in Congress to finalize, introduce, and pass into law.

For our position and the changes we advocate (the rest of the truth) to restore the patent system, or to join our effort, please visit us at https://aminventorsforjustice.wordpress.com/category/our-position/
or, contact us at aifj@mail.com

‘he works for…Accenture’

‘https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2017/12/08/the-stupidest-patents-of-2017/?utm_term=.f89941fcf66c

According to the Georgetown website, he works for…Accenture.

http://cbpp.georgetown.edu/people/larry-downes

‘He is currently a research fellow with the Accenture Institute for High Performance.”

Can you say, ‘duplicity’?

This is appears to be another example of how large multinational infringers (thieves) and those who work for them obfuscate their identity to hide their true intent -to legalize theft of their small competitor inventions. Once again, they’re trying to pull a fast one. We see it routinely. Don’t believe the lies of thieves. Just because they call it reform doesn’t mean it is.

‘we have more innovation’

‘http://time.com/money/3956351/jack-bogle-index-fund/

‘Q: Why not? More than half of the stocks you could buy, by market capitalization, are outside the U.S.
A: In the long run, market returns are created by business returns. And I think American business and the American economy are going to be the strongest in the world. I think we have more innovation. I think we have better technology. And I know we have a better legal structure, better shareholder protections. Some foreign nations are fine, but not all.’

Those are the comments of Jack Bogle, the founder of Vanguard. Jack understands the importance of innovation and technology to the American economy. Yet recent changes to the American patent system have nearly destroyed the incentive of inventors to create. That is clear by the collapse in small entity issued patents and filed applications which according to our recent study have atrophied to about only 10% of their historical shares, if not less and still falling. The reasons are simple: it is now far too hard, expensive and slow for us to get, keep, and enforce patents to our inventions. To a great extent the legal structure -courts, no longer respect our property or our rights. These are the reasons American inventors are leaving the patent system and are no longer inventing, unless we can protect our discoveries as trade secrets. But few inventions can be so protected successfully. For us, the patent system is in shambles.

‘STRONGER Patents Act would strengthen’

‘http://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/362330-american-innovation-depends-on-strengthening-patents

‘The STRONGER Patents Act would strengthen the ability of inventors to enforce their patent rights in court, bring additional procedural safeguards to proceedings before the PTAB…’

We sadly disagree. In fact, no current bill will truly help inventors, if at all. The problem is that their measures don’t go far enough to help us and they do not address many crushing problems for us in the patent system. Our bill does. Most bills that have been introduced appear to have been written by or from the vantage point of our large infringers, or those with close ties to them. It certainly appears so to us based on the content of those bills.

‘Industry funding of university research’

Not surprisingly, all their changes will do is make it easier for them to destroy us. Further analysis was included in a prior article…

‘which is more important, justice or convenience?’

Even if the bill’s attempt at restoring injunctions worked for us, which we are convinced it will not, it would not help inventors because we cannot get injunctions for patents we cannot get or keep. The current problems with the patent system run far deeper than injunctions, though they are our top concern. Unfortunately, no present bill adequately addresses that or other issues for us.

The great problem that led to the devastation of AIA is Congress shut inventors out of the process. We believe large multinational infringers in essence wrote that bill. Not surprisingly, the results were disastrous for property rights. When thieves write law, America loses. If Congress doubles down on that error and again shuts out inventors, that may usher America back to the middle ages. We welcome the opportunity to work with our friends in Congress on a bill which will truly restore the American patent system. We are now drafting that bill. The measures we propose are here…

Proposed Measures

‘value to copycats in getting it for free is obvious’

‘http://thehill.com/opinion/finance/361957-supreme-court-must-reinforce-us-as-preeminent-innovation-superpower

‘Of course, the more successful a patented innovation is, the more likely it is to be challenged before this tribunal, because the value to copycats in getting it for free is obvious. ‘

Absolutely! Patent ‘reform’ never was about correcting ‘bad patents’. It has always been about legalizing theft of small competitor inventions. Don’t believe the lies of thieves. Just because they call it ‘reform’ doesn’t mean it is.

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