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By incentivizing the investment that leads to research, development, and innovation, the government's recognition and protection of intellectual property provides an environment in which Americans can take risks, invent new products, and…
Okay. Will the increasing consensus within the federal courts... reduce the prevalence of patent hold-up situations?
I feel the need to ask: Is it always anticompetitive for a holder of an SEP to see an injunction or an exclusion order?
Everyone who is participating in or watching this hearing can agree that cooperative industry standards are good for consumers, producers, and for the economy as a whole.
Right. But under current law, that rather diminishes the efficacy, I suppose, of the treble damages provision in that you have got to show that it was a willful, knowing violation of the patent, and even then there is discretion in the…
Companies and individuals that use patents increasingly complain of what is called the 'hold-up,' the scenario in which a holder of a standard-essential patent refuses to grant a license to use its patent or threatens to refuse to grant a…
Thank you, Madam Chair, for scheduling this, and thanks to all of you for coming and providing such insightful and in-depth testimony. I appreciate it.
Any actions that potentially limit participation in a standards development organization could be detrimental to consumers.
And so it requires you to take your best guess, your best guess involving not only whether in the abstract the patent right at issue is going to be upheld, but also how much it is going to cost you to litigate it, how likely the other…
I think I would like to start with Ms. Munck. Ms. Munck, first of all, I should tell you you are in good company. Both I and Senator Coons are the fathers of twins.
Any conflict between these two important elements of our economy necessarily affects consumers and is a matter of real concern for this Subcommittee.
A WRDA has not been authorized since 2007. A new authorization is necessary to continue approved flood control.
It is one of the biggest agencies that we have, and it has one of the lowest levels of morale on record, based on the surveys. And when you have vacancies at the top, you have this vacuum that is unfulfilled, and there is a total lack of…
As stated, this workload is a self- sustaining process, which means, if the workload is there, and it is, then the money is there, and it is. To furlough the employees in this area saves no money, it completes no work, but it does raise…
In reclaiming my time, I thank the chairman and compliment him on his great work on this issue. I yield back the balance of my time.
In reclaiming my time, the original design life of the D5 missile rocket motors was 25 years. Some of the currently deployed motors are reaching that age, and the missiles require a life extension to maintain viability. Does the chairman…
I know my friend from Florida shares my concerns regarding our Nation's nuclear deterrents and specifically in preserving the sea-based leg of the Nuclear Triad in the Trident II D5 submarine launched ballistic missiles, which are carried…
Incorrectly matching a patient to a health record may have patient safety, privacy, and security implications.