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  • The Intellectual Decline of the USPTO

    The Intellectual Decline of the USPTO

    A Howard Lutnick trading card, 13 million “inventions” the world would never otherwise have seen, and the patent-maximalist assumptions driving current policy. Perhaps nothing symbolizes the intellectual and philosophical decline of the USPTO so much as its decision to create an inventor trading card featuring Howard Lutnick. Director Squires unveiled the card at the “America…

  • Coke Stewart Interviews, Part 4: Rewriting the AIA and Calling It “Balance”

    Coke Stewart Interviews, Part 4: Rewriting the AIA and Calling It “Balance”

    Congress chose the standards. The USPTO chose to circumvent them. Earlier this week, Angela Morris gave us some additional “impactful” quotes from Coke Stewart’s IAM interview. After reflecting on whether I’m just beating a dead horse here, I’ve concluded that I can’t let them stand. The main reason is that while Coke continues to pay…

  • Coke Stewart Interviews — Parts 2 and 3

    Coke Stewart Interviews — Parts 2 and 3

    Just catching up with LinkedIn Here are two more LinkedIn posts based on Coke’s recent interviews. I’m putting them here so the full set (so far) is collected on Substack. I’ll be posting a longer “Part 4” here soon. August 7, 2026 (my repost of Nick Robertson’s post about his interview with Coke; Nick’s original…

  • Director Squires Offers Cash Prizes for Reading the Latest IP and the U.S. Economy Report . . . .

    Director Squires Offers Cash Prizes for Reading the Latest IP and the U.S. Economy Report . . . .

    . . . But Will He Pay Out If Someone Explains Why the Report Doesn’t Show What He Thinks It Shows? “This report is the sum of all ingenuity that crosses our desks and why American ingenuity has advanced society at a pace unmatched by any other country or society in human history—even to this…