News Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor. Third-Party Litigation Funding Bill Faces House Hurdle November 20, 2025 News The “Litigation Transparency Act of 2025,” which would curb the use of third-party litigation funding in U.S. lawsuits, failed to get to a vote in the House Judiciary Committee today. Kristen Osenga on patent optimism and legislative inaction November 20, 2025 News From the research awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in economics to a patentee-friendly shift at the US Patent and Trademark Office, innovation is having a moment. Kristen Osenga tells MLex the attention is long overdue — and that it’s time for Congress to do its part. After the Shutdown, Congress Is Back … to Help Big Tech November 18, 2025 News After the longest government shutdown in modern history, the House is finally back in session. Unfortunately, one of its first orders of business appears to be siding with Big Tech over small inventors. The Tillis Tax betrays Ohio’s inventors October 21, 2025 News Imagine a world without the airplane, the lightbulb, or self-starting cars. These homegrown inventions revolutionized modern life and we have Ohio inventors to thank. But they didn’t succeed on ingenuity alone. They thrived because of a system that protected their ideas. For centuries, strong intellectual property rights have powered American innovation. Litigation Transparency Bill Stacks Deck Against Small Inventors October 17, 2025 News Congress is considering a measure that could harm the very people the US depends on for its next wave of innovation. The Litigation Transparency Act of 2025 would force plaintiffs to reveal details about anyone who helps finance their lawsuits. The Proposed ‘Tillis Tax’ Would Hamper Missouri’s Inventors October 16, 2025 News Missouri's inventors are helping power America's next technological renaissance -- from medical breakthroughs in St. Louis to ag-tech innovation in Columbia and aerospace engineering in Kansas City. But now, a federal tax scheme threatens to undermine that momentum and penalize the very people driving it. Don’t Let Washington Undercut Tennessee Innovators October 9, 2025 News From the bustling research corridors of Oak Ridge National Laboratory to the advanced manufacturing plants in Clarksville and the growing tech ecosystem in Nashville, Tennessee’s entrepreneurs are fueling America’s innovation economy. PERA would bring “bring much-needed clarity” to America’s patent system October 8, 2025 News The Tillis tax would harm Idaho startups’ ability to protect patents September 19, 2025 News Idaho has long been a quiet leader in innovation and technology. From the massive new Micron semiconductor factories in Boise to the research facilities at Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls, our state’s scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs are spearheading America’s technological and manufacturing renaissance. RINOs in Congress Want to Help Woke Tech Companies September 19, 2025 News Big Tech companies have spent much of the past decade censoring conservatives. Yet a handful of congressional Republicans want to overlook this abuse -- and make it easier for Big Tech firms to steal technologies from small businesses and garage-shop inventors. Page1 Page2 Page3 Page4 Page5
