Researchers, Engineers and Patent Professionals Fear that Weaker Patents Will Make America Less Competitive

New York, NY, June 4, 2009 – A non-profit organization, American Innovators for Patent Reform (AIPR), has been formed to give a voice to American innovators – inventors, scientists, engineers, researchers, small companies, investors, patent owners and intellectual property service providers – in the ongoing debate on patent reform.

Former Intel CEO Likens IP Rights to Financial Derivatives; Says Onus must be on Inventors to Develop New Products

New York, NY, May 19, 2009 – American Innovators for Patent Reform (AIPR), a non-profit association of inventors, patent owners, small businesses, universities, and intellectual property professionals, is calling the controversial comments that Intel founder and former CEO Andrew Grove delivered recently about the U.S. patent system at a Silicon Valley awards ceremony “absurd and irresponsible.”

WASHINGTON, DC – April 30, 2009 - U.S. Reps. Mike Michaud (D-ME) and Don Manzullo (R-IL), members of the House Manufacturing Caucus, expressed serious concerns with the House patent legislation, H.R. 1260, in written testimonies presented to Chairman Conyers during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the bill today.

"Inside the fight over US patent reform” from May/June 2009 Intellectual Asset Management - Commentary by General Patent Chairman and CEO Alexander Poltorak. An excerpt from the article appears here, or click the link below the text for a downloadable PDF of the excerpt.

From “Inside the Fight over US Patent Reform,” Intellectual Asset Management, May/June 2009:

Alexander Poltorak
Chairman and CEO, General Patent Corporation, US

April 7, 2009

A letter is being circulated to gather signatures. The letter will then be sent to Congress to object to attempts to add first-to-file provisions to the pending Patent Reform Act of 2009. The letter is being organized by Ron Katznelson, president of Bi-Level Technologies (ron@bileveltech.com). A PDF of the letter, the current signatories, and a background explanatory statement is available at www.bustpatents.com/FTFletter.pdf

From AmericanEconomicAlert.org
Kevin L. Kearns
Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Dear Senators Reid and McConnell, Speaker Pelosi and Congressman Boehner:

Published March 3, 2009 on The Innovation Alliance website

The Innovation Alliance Sees Little Progress Over Last Year’s Proposal

Cites Impact of Recent Court Rulings as Argument Against Sweeping Legislation

March 04, 2008
San Diego
AFL-CIO Executive Council statement

America continues to lead the world in ingenuity, creativity and product innovation. The ability of our people to continually develop new products and services is the envy of the world and is a major engine of growth for our economy.

“Reform Will Undermine Patent System,” Alexander Poltorak Writes in Christian Science Monitor Op-ed

Suffern, N.Y. Jan. 29, 2008 – Alexander Poltorak, chairman and CEO of General Patent Corporation, condemned patent legislation being considered by the Senate in an opinion essay published yesterday in The Christian Science Monitor. The article can be viewed online.

WASHINGTON – Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) today introduced the Patent Reform Act of 2009, a landmark bill that would be the first significant overhaul of the nation’s patent system more than 50 years.