News & Updates

Feb 3, 2021

HTIA Sent a Joint Congressional Letter on SEP Licensing Abuses

HTIA jointly sent a letter to the leadership of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the House Judiciary Committee on SEP licensing abuses....

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Dec 8, 2020

HTIA Submits Amicus Brief in United States. v. Arthrex

On December 3, HTIA filed an amicus brief in U.S. Supreme Court case, United States v. Arthrex. The Alliance argued that the appointments...

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Dec 4, 2020

HTIA Submits Comments to PTO on Discretion to Institute Trials

HTIA submitted comments to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on December 3. The Alliance argues that PTO’s use of discretionary...

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Dec 3, 2020

HTIA Sends Joint Support Letter for 2015 IEEE-SA Bylaw Updates

HTIA sent a letter of joint support to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers for 2015 IEEE-SA bylaw updates. Read the...

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Oct 9, 2020

More Than 50 Companies Urge Congress to Investigate USPTO’s Policies that Shield Invalid Patents

On October 8, HTIA members joined with a group of more than 50 companies – including auto, telecommunications and technology businesses –...

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Sep 16, 2020

HTIA Files Joint Motion and Amicus Brief in Google v. Uniloc

HTIA filed a joint motion and amicus brief in Google v. Uniloc in support of Google. Read the full text here.

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Sep 10, 2020

USPTO Abuse Of Discretionary IPR Denials Must Be Cabined

Law360 published an op-ed by HTIA Executive Director Dave Jones. He writes about how the USPTO has embarked on a concerted effort to...

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Aug 31, 2020

HTIA Statement on Tech Companies’ Actions Supporting Intended Use of Inter Partes Review

WASHINGTON — Dave Jones, executive director of the High Tech Inventors Alliance (HTIA), today issued the following statement regarding a...

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Aug 14, 2020

HTIA Statement on the Introduction of ‘Advancing America’s Interests Act'

Dave Jones, executive director of the High Tech Inventors Alliance (HTIA), issued the following statement

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Jun 29, 2020

HTIA Submits Amicus Brief in TCL v Ericsson

In June 2020, HTIA, the Computer & Communications Industry Association, Alliance for Automotive Innovation, Google LLC, and HTC...

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Jun 18, 2020

HTIA and 14 Other Organizations Raise IPR Concerns with Judiciary Committees

Letter expresses their concern that Congress’s efforts to mitigate the harm of low-quality patents and abusive litigation are being...

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Jun 1, 2020

HTIA Submits Amicus Brief in MLC v Micron

On June 2, 2020 HTIA and the Computer & Communications Industry Association filed an amicus brief supporting Micron Technology to urge...

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May 31, 2020

HTIA Publishes Section 112 Proposal

HTIA published a proposal on Section 112. Read the full proposal here.

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May 4, 2020

HTIA Files Joint Statement of the Public Interest to the FTC

HTIA filed a joint statement of the public interest to the FTC on certain LTE- and 3G- compliant cellular communications devices. Read...

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Apr 29, 2020

HTIA Submits Amicus Brief in Comcast v ITC

In April 2020, HTIA, along with the Computer & Communications Industry Association and CableLabs submitted an amicus brief supporting...

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Apr 24, 2020

Op Ed: Patent Trolls Are All Too Real

On April 21, 2020, HTIA Executive Director Dave Jones writes how poor patent quality wielded by shell companies remains a prevalent issue...

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Apr 12, 2020

HTIA Comments to PTO re NHK Spring

On April 13, 2020, HTIA requested that the PTO designate Intel Corp. v. VLSI Tech. LLC and Google LLC v. Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC...

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Apr 6, 2020

HTIA Submits Letter to PTAB on IPR Precedential Decisions

HTIA submitted a letter to the PTAB on April 7, 2020, nominating five decisions as precedential and on decision for designation as...

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Mar 22, 2020

HTIA Submits Amicus Brief in Intel v Fortress

Patent trolls must be stopped. That is why on March 23, 2020 HTIA joined the Computer & Communications Industry Association in support of...

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Mar 5, 2020

HTIA Comments to PTO on Motions to Amend

On December 20, 2019, the High Tech Inventors Alliance submitted comments to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on the...