With the passage of what ended up as the America Invents Act in 2011, an extended, multi-year effort — often characterized as “patent reform” — reached something of a culmination. The Act outlined several significant changes in patent law, the first being a change in who was entitled to...

When the 110th Congress began in January there seemed to be little interest in copyright legislation. The newly elected Democratic majority was focused on reviewing Bush Administration policies on terrorism and privacy. There was continuing interest in patent reform, but a flurry of copyright...