Mr. Kappos is a former Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and a senior adviser to the Partnership for American Innovation, a trade group funded by Apple, DuPont, Ford, General Electric, IBM, Microsoft, and Pfizer.
There is a near daily publication of opinion pieces taking aim at our country’s patent system. Many share these authors’ concerns with frivolous patent cases that waste valuable resources and cause some to question the legitimacy of the patent system. But rhetoric on the subject of patent litigation threatens to overshadow the facts, urging rash actions that risk upsetting the delicate balance of IP. The demonization of IP has gotten far out of hand, and these editorials unfortunately contribute to the unhelpful trend.
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