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Experts urge Congress to restore patent eligibility, strengthen injunctive relief and coordinate enforcement to compete with China
Summary
Mark Cohen and other witnesses told a Senate IP subcommittee the U.S. must reform patent‑eligibility law, improve PTAB processes, restore injunctive relief and rebuild international IP engagement — including a USPTO deputy for international affairs and an enforcement coordinator — to respond to China's state‑led IP practices.
Mark Cohen, senior technology fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute and a former USPTO official, told the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Intellectual Property that the United States needs both domestic patent‑law reforms and a more coherent international strategy to address China's rapid gains in patenting and technology development.
Cohen recommended several specific reforms and structural changes. He told the committee that patent‑eligibility law in the United States has been "broken" since about 2012 and that the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA)…
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