AAU, APLU, AUTM, AAMC, and COGR, comment on the Rights to Federally Funded Inventions and Licensing of Government Owned Inventions 81 FR 78090: RIN 0693-AB63.

Intellectual Property | Patents | Letters

December 9, 2016

Associations Issue Statement on FTC's Patent Assertion Entity Study

Higher Education Association statement on Federal Trade Commission’s Patent Assertion Entity Activity Study, 2016.

Intellectual Property | Patents | Statements

October 11, 2016

Higher Education Association Statement on Scheduled House Judiciary Committee Markup of Innovation Act (H.R. 9)

Higher education associations expressed their continued serious concerns about the Innovation Act (H.R. 9), the proposed Manager’s Amendment, and the process by which the legislation has been developed.

Intellectual Property | Patents | Statements

June 10, 2015

Higher Education Association Statement on Introduction of PATENT Act

AAU, APLU, AAMC, ACE, AUTM, and COGR today released the following statement on the introduction of the PATENT Act by Senators Grassley, Leahy, Cornyn, Schumer, Hatch, Klobuchar, and Lee, 2015.

Intellectual Property | Patents | Statements

April 30, 2015

AAU-APLU Joint Statement on the Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters (TROL) Act

The Association of American Universities (AAU) and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today released the following statement regarding the Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters (TROL) Act.

Intellectual Property | Patents | Statements

April 16, 2015

Response to CEA Letter on Patent Reform

AAU, APLU, et. al, respond to the letters dated April 2, 2015 from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) regarding patent trolls.

Intellectual Property | Patents | Letters

April 8, 2015