We support a balanced #patent system that fixes the problems of low quality patents & baseless assertions while promoting #Investment, #Jobs, & #PatentQuality
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Jun 15
China is weaponizing our own patent system. YMTC — a CCP-owned chipmaker — is using its 1,000 U.S. patents to attack Micron and threaten American semiconductor supply chains. The USPTO must act now to restore IPR and protect American innovators from trolls' abusive litigation.
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Jun 11
📢 Over 11,000 comments from industry leaders, former lawmakers, and advocacy groups across sectors are sending one message to the USPTO: withdraw the NPRM that would gut access to IPR.
Read our statement: hightechinventors.com/post/b…
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Jun 8
Semiconductors. Digital infrastructure. AI. CCP-linked entities have weaponized U.S. patents against America's most critical industries. The Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act is a critical step toward stopping them. Read more: fitzgerald.house.gov/media/p…
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Jun 5
For too long, foreign entities have weaponized U.S. patents against critical American industries. We thank @RepFitzgerald, @repdarrellissa, and @RepMoolenaar for taking a stand and introducing the Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act. Learn more: fitzgerald.house.gov/media/p…
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The Chinese Communist Party has spent years exploiting the American economy to advance its own technological and military ambitions.
That’s why I introduced the Prohibiting Adversarial Patents Act alongside @RepMoolenaar and @repdarrellissa.
This legislation closes the door on hostile foreign entities using our patent system to gain economic leverage and undermine our national security.
Read more ⬇️ fitzgerald.house.gov/media/p…
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Jun 3
IPR filings have collapsed to historic lows since Director Squires took personal control of institution decisions and proceeded to grant petitions at a rate approaching zero. @USPTO has fully dismantled IPR. Read more: patentlyo.com/patent/2026/05…
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Apr 21
Who’s backing the proposed @USPTO rules? Patent trolls. Fortress Investment Group—a multibillion-dollar hedge fund owned by Abu Dhabi interests—submitted a comment in support.🌐It builds nothing in the U.S. but invests heavily in patent litigation against American companies.💵
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Apr 21
Case in point: Fortress once tried to extract $2.3B from Intel—one of America’s leading semiconductor manufacturers. 💻 It was stopped only because the patents were challenged at the PTAB and ultimately ruled invalid. ✅
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Apr 17
.@USPTO’s single-minded prioritization of patent owners is empowering foreign entities and turning our patent system into a tool for abuse. It should adopt PTAB rules that put U.S. companies first—not patent trolls and foreign patentees. Learn more: hightechinventors.com/_files….
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Apr 15
.@AAMedicines, @AHLA, @NRFnews & more are urging the Administration to withdraw @USPTO’s proposed PTAB rules. They warn the changes would weaken safeguards against patent trolls and threaten U.S. leadership in critical industries. Read the letter: hightechinventors.com/post/b….
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Apr 10
The USPTO’s proposed rules would let foreign adversaries game the patent system. 🎮 Even a failed challenge from years ago could permanently block PTAB review, giving foreign patent trolls a green light 🚦 to ramp up abusive litigation against U.S. businesses.
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Apr 10
Case in point: China-backed YMTC has repeatedly used patent litigation against Micron to access its trade secrets, raising serious espionage concerns.🔍 Yet @USPTO barred Micron from PTAB review of YMTC patents under ad hoc “rules” that skipped OMB review and approval.
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Apr 8
Why is @USPTO making it easier for patent trolls and foreign entities to drain resources from U.S. companies? Gutting IPR isn't America First — it's America Last. Learn more: hightechinventors.com/post/i….
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Apr 3
.@repdarrellissa to @USPTO Director Squires: "We'd like you to cite where in the America Invents Act you believe you have that discretion, because we disagree." We’re with Chairman Issa — innovators deserve answers and the right to appeal. ⚖️📢
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Apr 2
⚠️.@RepBenCline pressed @USPTO Director Squires on what evidence he has that gutting IPR won't drive up costs for American manufacturers facing foreign patent threats.
Director Squires’ response? A non-answer. American innovators deserve better.
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Apr 1
At the USPTO hearing, @RepFitzgerald highlighted the real cost of weakening PTAB, noting patent litigation in district court costs $5M on average — ten times more than PTAB. 💸 American innovators can't afford to lose their most affordable path to challenging bad patents.
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Mar 31
.@RepZoeLofgren: "The institution rate has collapsed, not because petitions lack merit, but because barriers are being applied that Congress never authorized." We couldn't agree more. @USPTO doesn't get to rewrite the AIA — only Congress has the authority to change the law. 🏛️📜
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Mar 27
Thank you @repdarrellissa for holding the USPTO oversight hearing and standing up for an accessible IPR process. 🤝 American innovators depend on IPR to fight invalid patents from trolls and foreign entities - we can't let that be dismantled.
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Mar 26
ICYMI: Yesterday’s @HouseJudiciary hearing made clear what's at stake — @USPTO gutting IPR leaves American businesses exposed to patent trolls and foreign entities, draining resources from jobs, R&D, and innovation. Watch: judiciary.house.gov/committe….
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Mar 25
Get the facts: Opposition to @USPTO's proposed rules gutting IPR is broad and growing. Rather than strengthening the patent system, the proposal would revive the large-scale abusive litigation campaigns that for years drained resources and stifled investment in R&D.
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