Eastern Federal court and the USPTO, Who is to blame for patent litigation run a muck?

January 5th, 2011

district court eastern district of texas For those who hadn’t seen the show “Marriage Ref” one thing that happens to you when you watch is you find yourself quickly trying to identify who you side with. Taking you through a collage of video footage, you hear about a problem in the marriage and watch as celebrities and the host decides who is at fault.

I’m thinking we should set up a “Marriage Ref” between the eastern federal court district of Texas and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). And the problem?

Who’s more to blame for the out of control patent infringement litigation trend? On one side is East Texas’ very own establishing a standard of court decisions that has rewarded the majority patent holders of infringement.

On the other side is the USPTO and what could be seen as a low standard for patents to be given. Although giving the blame to one or the other isn’t as important as dealing with the problem itself. There is a laundry list of reasons that can be given as to why the obvious abuse of patent litigation needs to be stopped.

There is also a pretty good list of what can be done to hinder this. But these two groups stand at opposite ends of the spectrum with potential to put an end to this abuse. At the grass roots the USPTO can raise the standard of issuance of patents to be more clear in its distinction and perhaps concerning the manufacturing of the patent invention.

At the other end, court districts like the ones in East Texas can tweak its standard of what real damage has happened and the amount of compensation. Either way, something needs to be done to get this marriage cleaned up.

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Patent licensing in the United States and East Texas

December 28th, 2010

patent licensing How many times have we seen it? Whether it is dealing with national policies, professional sports, or your local civil service, so many times we try to make decisions to take care of the symptoms rather than the core issue itself.

There are numerous examples we see on our daily news where a rash decision was made by any of the three aforementioned examples listed above that was more about put out a fire than about resolving a problem.

So, when it comes to curing the illness of patent infringement abuse and its spawn, “patent trolls” let’s not risk putting out the fire and deal with grass root issues. And what can be more grass roots of patent infringement than the handing out of patents itself.

Patent licensing in the United States is as old as invention itself in our great nation and we have quite the history for invention and innovation. Think about names like Ben Franklin and Thomas Edison. But, that doesn’t mean its ok to use the same system.

Seriously, although it’s not that old, our patent licensing system is way too out dated for the fast moving world of technology innovation that is taking place now. Don’t get the wrong idea; we have hard working men and women who deal the issuing of invention patents.

It’s not their fault that the current system hasn’t been looked at in 50 years, or that they haven’t be trained sufficiently to identify rightful licensing, or even that not all the right resources are available to them. No, it’s not their fault, the fault for that once again goes to the government.

Either way, in order to see real change come, a bulldozer has to be taken to the building and a new foundation needs to be laid.

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Governor Rick Perry Lonestar Event Center Book Signing

November 12th, 2010

Tyler Texas Governor Perry Book Signing

Governor Rick Perry will be at a Grass Roots of America We the People luncheon. He will also be at a book signing at the Lonestar Event Center in Tyler Texas at 11:30 a.m. this morning.

Rick Perry won the Texas governors race by a very large margin. The race was against Bill White who had never lost an election even while having big ears which he often pointed out in his radio ads.

Many in the Tea Party movement see Rick Perry as the lesser of two evils and someone who has given up on several conservative principals.

You can expect governor Perry to be held accountable this term by the Tea Party if he deviates from fiscal conservatice principles.

Also many understand that it just isn’t good to stay in political office as long as many politicians have. Texans no longer trust “career politicians” but dometimes there is simply no other choice.

So although not everyone is joyous that Rick Perry is once again the Texas governor they understand he has the potential to do many positive things this time around.

You can count on Grass Roots America to be there to hold him accountable if he goes against fiscal conservative principles that has kept Texas safe from economic destruction. This means smaller government, fighting for states rights, and listening to Texas tax payers.

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Tyler School Bond Vote

November 2nd, 2010

School Bond Vote Tyler TX

Update: Most of the vote is in for the Tyler school bond with 50.14% voting No! and 49.86% voting Yes

It’s down to only 71 votes at this time. That’s close!

As of 1 hour ago the Tyler Texas school bond was 406 votes behind from passing.

If this trend continues we forecast that the Tyler TX 140 million dollar school bond will not pass this October 2010 election.

The Tyler Texas school bond vote allows that good side of people to come out so they can say they did something, “for the children”.

Who doesn’t like children? I have a 2 year old son and another baby boy on the way. The problem with the Tyler TX school bond is we already had an 80 million school bond voted and approved that was afterwards determined to not be enough in 5 years as schools would once again be over capacity.

So now we have a Tyler school bond over 145 million dollars. When a group of concerned citizens with the Tea Party with no political aspirations for themselves asked some very pertinent questions regarding the school bond they were put off.

The Tyler Texas Tea Party’s questions were continuosly put off and the professional politicians acted on the news as if they did answer the Tea Party’s questions.

This type of political question dodging is why America is voting out the Democrats. American’s want honest politicians in government.

By TISD officials not answering the Grass Roots America We The People Tea Party’s questions and yet saying they have is down right dishonest and is what many local citizens hate so much about politics and politicians.

It is important to point out that Grass Roots America isn’t against the children or new schools they just need TISD to get the school bond right this time. Once they have a solid plan in place and have answered the voters questions it would be appropriate to proceed with the school bond.

Unfortunately voters often hear, “for the children” and vote “Yes” considering it their good deed for the year.

I’m hoping the school bond doesn’t pass simply so the career politicians with the TISD will take voters seriously and no longer think that “for the children” will work on voters.

Why can’t the TISD officials really answer these hard questions from the Tea Party and quit playing politics? What are ya’ll trying to hide?

You are lying in the faces of regular ole’ average Joe voters rather than serving the public and answering unpopular hard questions.

We will find out tonight if the 140 million dollar school bond passes tonight. If so more really nice schools will be built in Tyler but how long until their capacity is reached? Doesn’t it make sense to to do this right the first time?

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Where Do I Vote in Tyler Texas

November 1st, 2010

Where to Vote in Tyler Texas

All voting locations in Tyler Texas – Map

Grass Roots America We the People Endorsements 2010 – Click here

Q. Where do I vote in Tyler Texas?

A. Tyler polling places are usually listed in your local newspapers in the weeks before the election.

Call your County Clerk, County Elections Administrator, or political subdivision conducting the election in order to find your polling location or visit http://www.sos.state.tx.us for a possible link.

If you do not wish to call the Smith county clerk you can just show up at a voting center and they will tell you where to go.

I usually have no idea where to vote and just show up at the first place I hear you can vote.

I then am edumucated on where I should vote.

I am out here in precinct 52 and will be driving into town looking for political signs, banners, and American flags near school buildings and churches. That usually does the trick.