For proponents of patent reform, 2016 has so far been decidedly a mixed bag. Election years are rarely good turf for major legislative accomplishments, simply because the amount of debate and deliberation required to pass such things is quite out…

Enemies of patent reform have a hard time making up their mind about the court system. On the one hand, their supposedly “conservative” allies claim that the court system is a better place to pursue reform of the patent system,…

Republican presumptive nominee Donald Trump is fond of impugning the character of companies that move overseas to China. However, recent news suggest that some companies may be about to leave whose backs the United States should be very happy to…

Ever since patent reform hit the legislative docket, a vocal minority of confused conservatives have tried to cast such reform as a leftist boondoggle, in spite of the fact that every leftist constituency, from trial lawyers, to university administrators, to…

Patent trolls never give up trying to come up with some new angle. The tide of public opinion now having decidedly turned against patent trolls, panic — if not moral embarrassment — seems to have struck home. As a result,…