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Trademarks Are Not Patents: The Second Circuit Rejects FTC Challenge to Trademark Settlements in 1-800 Contacts
In “big IP cases that count,” the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has had a mixed record lately, going one-for-three – good in baseball but bad in government appellate litigation. → Read More
The New Madison Approach and the Harmonization of Antitrust and Patent Law: A Retrospective Summary
The fate of Makan Delrahim's New Madison Approach appears at best uncertain, as the new Biden Administration reevaluates the merits of specific Trump policies. Thus, a review of the NMA and the specific U.S. policy changes it engendered is especially timely. → Read More
Democrats Are Arguing for Constitutional Right to a Tax Deduction. Here’s Why It’ll Fail.
Blue state efforts to use courts to block the new tax law’s limitation on the federal state and local tax deduction are bad for two reasons: they have no basis in law, and they seek to preserve unfair benefits for blue state residents. → Read More
Supreme Court Tellingly Rejects Lower Court Roadblock to Elimination of DACA Program
The Supreme Court strikes down a lower court order that severely burdened efforts by the Trump administration to end DACA. → Read More
Not Allowing Transgender Individuals to Join Military Is Not Illegal Discrimination
On Dec. 11, a federal lower court judge in Washington, D.C., refused to stay her earlier October 30 order blocking President Donald Trump’s August 25,... Read More → Read More
Some Say Facebook and Amazon Should Be Broken Up. Here's Why That Thinking Is Wrong.
Today's internet giants were yesterday's underdogs. They supplanted old "monopolies" by beating them in the marketplace, not by getting government help. → Read More
5 Terrorists Are Still in Pretrial Hearings for the 9/11 Attacks. Here's Why It's Taking So Long.
As the old saying goes, “justice delayed is justice denied.” The families of 9/11 victims deserve far better. → Read More
Erosion of Patent Rights Is a Threat to Innovation and American Prosperity
American innovation and economic growth will suffer if our patent system is not reformed. → Read More
Key Patent Reforms Needed to Spur U.S. Innovation
The U.S. patent system, rooted in the Constitution, plays a key role in American innovation and economic growth. Regrettably, evidence strongly suggests that recent changes in U.S. court decisions and in statutory patent law (coupled with a more skeptical attitude toward the patent system by antitrust enforcers here and abroad) have devalued American patents overall by making it more difficult… → Read More
The Supreme Court Must Protect Patent Rights
The Supreme Court’s next term starts in October and will feature more than a few high-profile cases. But lower-profile cases can prove to be just as significant, if not more so. Consider, for example, Oil States Energy Services v. Greene’s Energy Group, which, depending on the outcome, could strengthen property rights in the United States, thereby promoting innovation and economic growth that… → Read More
Microsoft’s Plan to Expand Broadband Would Benefit Rural Americans
It's always great to see the private sector step up to the plate and invest in technologies that will benefit millions of Americans. → Read More
Democrats’ 'Better Deal' Proposals Would Make Americans Worse Off
The Democrats’ proposals are well-motivated, but their diagnosis of America's problems and their proposed cures are all wrong. → Read More
Congress Should Strike Down Ill-Advised Arbitration Rule
This rule, put in place by the Obama administration, is in fact highly anti-consumer and harmful to innovation. → Read More
The UK Must Reject a 'Soft Brexit'
The British government must remain committed to a “full Brexit” and not be content with half measures that will hurt its economy. → Read More
How Brexit Can Promote Economic Freedom
On March 29, 2017, the United Kingdom (U.K.)formally triggered a two-year period of negotiations to exit the European Union (EU). This “Brexit” process will offer the U.K. → Read More
How the Supreme Court Trampled on Private Property Rights in a Recent Decision
The court denied a family just compensation for having the value of their land eviscerated by local government action. → Read More
Why Trump Can and Should Pull Out of Paris Climate Change Agreement
Pulling out of the Paris Agreement will protect the U.S. economy and honor the rule of law. → Read More
Congress Might Bring Long-Needed Reform to This Office
A new bipartisan bill would bring more accountability to the head of the Copyright Office. → Read More
Two Helpful Developments Aimed at Curbing Anticompetitive Protectionist Occupational Licensing Restrictions – Harbingers of Reform?
Legislative efforts to curb overregulation of occupational licensing are being developed and are receiving public attention. → Read More
Trademark Protection Spurs Taylor Swift to Keep Up Sick Beats
Permission to party like it's 1989: Taylor Swift is among artists who are making sure the phrases they coin are protected by trademarks. → Read More