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2 Jun 2022, 9:15 am by Eileen McDermott
Following a late April request by Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI)  to then newly-confirmed United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Kathi Vidal asking her to respond to a number of questions surrounding abuse of the inter partes review (IPR) system, Vidal last week sent a letter explaining she is working on the problem. [read post]
19 Oct 2021, 2:15 pm by Eileen McDermott
During a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s IP Subcommittee today, Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) were the only senators present to question the Pride in Patent Ownership Act’s (PPOA’s) approach to penalizing patent owners who fail to record accurate ownership information within 90 days after the issuance date. [read post]
14 Nov 2013, 10:52 am by Immigration Prof
From We Belong Together: Gloria Steinem to Speak on Immigration Reform as Top Issue for Women’s Equality Senator Mazie Hirono and impacted women will join Steinem to discuss the urgent need to pass comprehensive immigration reform that treats women fairly... [read post]
20 Nov 2018, 6:58 am by Steven D. Schwinn
Schwinn, John Marshall Law School Senators Richard Blumenthal, Sheldon Whitehouse, and Mazie Hirono filed suit yesterday against "purported Acting Attorney General" Matthew Whitaker and President Trump, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against President Trump's designation of Whitaker as... [read post]
16 Oct 2018, 8:38 pm by Howard Bashman
Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate. [read post]
25 Mar 2024, 11:58 am by Jamie Abrams
Speakers include Kirsten Gillibrand, Mazie Hirono, Ben Cardin, Cori Bush,... [read post]
14 Oct 2020, 7:52 am
Here's a good clip showing Hirono's earnest, mildly contemptuous attitude toward the Supreme Court nominee and editing in the use of "sexual preference" by a few notables, including Joe Biden and Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who Mazie Hirono called "our champion" on Monday, used the term "sexual preference" in 2017. [read post]
20 Sep 2018, 11:04 am by Tom Smith
Mazie Hirono not only has insisted that she and other women alleging abuse “need to be believed,” but men need to “just shut up and step up. [read post]
4 May 2022, 12:15 pm by Gene Quinn
On April 27, Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), both members of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, wrote to Kathi Vidal, the newly confirmed Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), to inquire as to why the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) is allowing itself to become weaponized. [read post]
14 Dec 2020, 1:15 pm by Gene Quinn
On December 11, Senators Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Chris Coons (D-DE), sent a letter to United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Andrei Iancu inquiring about whether qualified women are excluded from membership in the patent bar as the result of systemic bias. [read post]
8 Nov 2023, 3:15 pm by Eileen McDermott
The Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual Property held a hearing today featuring witnesses who weighed in on the Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act, which was introduced in June by Senators Chris Coons (D-DE), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI). [read post]
8 Mar 2021, 9:30 am by Eileen McDermott
Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Chris Coons (D-DE) sent a letter on Friday to the Acting Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Drew Hirshfeld, asking him to “publish a request for information on the current state of patent eligibility jurisprudence in the United States, evaluate the responses,” and provide the senators with a detailed summary of the findings in order to assist them as they consider… [read post]
8 Nov 2023, 3:15 pm by Eileen McDermott
The Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual Property held a hearing today featuring witnesses who weighed in on the Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act, which was introduced in June by Senators Chris Coons (D-DE), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI). [read post]
6 Dec 2019, 4:15 am by Elizabeth Ferrill
The bill is co-sponsored by Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Chris Coons (D-DE), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), and Mazie Hirono (D-HI). [read post]
28 Jun 2022, 2:15 pm by Eileen McDermott
Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has published its study on patent eligibility jurisprudence in response to a March 2021 request from Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Chris Coons (D-DE). [read post]
29 Dec 2020, 12:15 pm by Gene Quinn
Tillis and Coons were joined by Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI), as they often are on IP issues. [read post]
22 Jun 2023, 3:05 pm by Eileen McDermott
On the same day the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2023 was introduced by Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), the two senators, along with their colleagues, Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI), introduced the Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act today. [read post]