Presenting the Evidence for Patent Eligibility Reform: Part IV – Uncertainty is Burdening Litigants and Courts, Threatening U.S. Competitiveness and National Security

The current unreliability of patent-eligibility law, documented thus far here, here and here, has also created undue burdens on litigants and the courts. In this final installment, we detail how the current unreliability burdens litigants and the courts and how it is a fundamental threat to U.S. competitiveness and national security. Patent infringers now routinely…

Universal film boss Donna Langley reveals how her studio changed the way you see movies and her hopes for an all-female ‘Fast & Furious’

Donna Langley at October’s Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Gala. Frazer Harrison/Getty Universal film chief Donna Langley says movies will never go back to “those exclusive traditional windows” in theaters. On the disappointing box office for gay romcom “Bros”: “People didn’t show up, so somehow we missed the mark.” “I would love to see a…

US stocks trade mixed as hotly anticipated mega-cap tech earnings get off to a weak start

Traders work on the New York Stock Exchange floor in New York City. AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey US stocks were mixed on Wednesday as investors digested weak third-quarter earnings from Microsoft and Alphabet.  Google’s parent company suffered an unexpected slowdown in digital advertising growth last quarter.  Microsoft, meanwhile, reported its slowest revenue growth in years. US…