Patent Quality: The Missing Half of America’s Patent Reform Debate
As the administration continues its efforts to restore the patent system, an important issue has been overlooked: patent quality.
Patent quality is the single issue that affects all stakeholders… By tackling quality, the USPTO can improve the patent system without picking winners and losers.
Current conversations about restoring injunctive relief to strengthen the patent system are incomplete without discussing patent quality. Failing to address this issue may lead to a return to the pre-America Invents Act (AIA) era, where poor-quality patents were used to extort money from operating companies.
The importance of patent quality cannot be overstated, as it has been a longstanding problem for the U.S. patent system.
Author's summary: Patent quality is crucial for a fair patent system.