The Midterm elections were a message to Congress, and that message was for Congress to pursue sound policy, not quick, feel good legislation that has hidden, unintended consequences.

Presidential hopeful and former chairwoman of Hewlett Packard Carly Fiorina makes the conservative case against patent reform arguing the important of patents as a property right.

Inventor Karren Moreland describes some of the negative consequences that the current patent reform bill would have for independent inventors and urges Congress to proceed cautiously and seek more input from the inventor community.

In an article by Scott Graham at The Recorder, he discusses Federal Circuit Chief Judge Rader's defense of patent holder rights at a recent IP law conference. 

Richard Lloyd, from IAM, reports that a group of more than 2000 inventors have put their names to a letter, which was sent to Congress on Wednesday, to highlight their concerns over proposed legislation.