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The Supreme Court Broke Patent Eligibility: Congress Can Fix It
IP Watchdog
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When the Senate Judiciary Committee examines the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) this week, lawmakers won’t simply be debating patent law. They’ll be deciding whether America remains the best place in the world to invent tomorrow’s technologies.
That question has taken on new urgency following a series of Supreme Court decisions. In the wake of those rulings, inventors, investors, and even judges have struggled to determine whether many groundbreaking discoveries qualify for patent protection.
The result has been a legal environment that discourages investment in precisely the kinds of innovations America needs most.
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