FYI , I just sent the following email/letter to Sen. Tillis's email address. I will probably send separate copies to each of the names listed.
IThis s a true collaborative effort by message board members CyberJ, dogand cat and Investor Jane. We thought it might be goodl to share this in case you might find it useful.
(P.S. I already got email back fromSen Tillis office to say thank you and how glad they are to be working on this issue.)
TO: Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Ranking Member and Chair of the Senate
Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, and Representatives Doug Collins (R-Ga.),
Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, Hank Johnson (D-Ga.), Chairman of the
House Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and the Courts, and Steve Stivers (R-Ohio)
email: IntellectualProperty@tillis.senate.gov
RE: The State of Patent Eligibility in America - reform Section 101 of the Patent Act
Thank you all for the work you are doing to reform Section 101 of the Patent Act. I have been one of many stakeholders you have heard from after Senators Coons and Tillis revived the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property.
As you can imagine, I am strongly pro-reform of Section 101 of the Patent Act. In addition, I am also an investor in StrikeForce Technologies (SFOR or SFT) which has recently suffered significant losses by patent infringing by multiple companies, including SecureAuth Corp. SFOR was awarded 6 patents by USPTO, including United States Patent Nos. 7,870,599, 8,484,698 & 8,713,701 which passed IPR and PTAB in 2017. To "end SecureAuth's unauthorized and infringing Strikeforce's above mentioned patented inventions, Strikeforce Technologies took legislative action in March 2017. Unfortunately , SFOR lost the lawsuit in 2018, and also lost the appeal in Feb. 2019, for Alice 101 "abstract idea" issue.
Fortunately, you and other senators and USPTO noticed the erosion of patent legislation by some confusions raised due to Alice 101 and the potential damage to the invention and creativity of companies like StrikeForce. I am very grateful for your effort to reinforce patent legislation by reforming Alice 101. It is a great proposal to include that "No implicit or other judicially created exceptions to subject matter eligibility, including “abstract ideas,” “laws of nature,” or “natural phenomena,” shall be used to determine patent eligibility under section 101, and all cases establishing or interpreting those exceptions to eligibility are hereby abrogated. "
Other Small and large businesses as well as many innovative individuals have gone through the process of obtaining patents only to have these innovative inventions and processes stolen by big business and as they make millions infringing on their ideas, the inventors suffer and are left without the means to come up with further innovations. We need to level the playing field for those who have vision and the ability to come up with ideas and processes that will keep America the innovative leader in the world.
Finally, I would therefore like to add that it has been a wonderful experience for me to participate in this most basic level of our democracy. To have the opportunity to speak in this way to all of you as members of Congress, from my point of view as an ordinary citizen, and shareholder in a great small company like StrikeForce, regarding continued strong reform of Section 101 of the Patent Act is a dream beyond my wildest expectation.
Wishing you all the best success in the Intellectual Property Hearings this week. Thank You for working on a problem that is long over due.
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IThis s a true collaborative effort by message board members CyberJ, dogand cat and Investor Jane. We thought it might be goodl to share this in case you might find it useful.
(P.S. I already got email back fromSen Tillis office to say thank you and how glad they are to be working on this issue.)
TO: Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Ranking Member and Chair of the Senate
Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, and Representatives Doug Collins (R-Ga.),
Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, Hank Johnson (D-Ga.), Chairman of the
House Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and the Courts, and Steve Stivers (R-Ohio)
email: IntellectualProperty@tillis.senate.gov
RE: The State of Patent Eligibility in America - reform Section 101 of the Patent Act
Thank you all for the work you are doing to reform Section 101 of the Patent Act. I have been one of many stakeholders you have heard from after Senators Coons and Tillis revived the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property.
As you can imagine, I am strongly pro-reform of Section 101 of the Patent Act. In addition, I am also an investor in StrikeForce Technologies (SFOR or SFT) which has recently suffered significant losses by patent infringing by multiple companies, including SecureAuth Corp. SFOR was awarded 6 patents by USPTO, including United States Patent Nos. 7,870,599, 8,484,698 & 8,713,701 which passed IPR and PTAB in 2017. To "end SecureAuth's unauthorized and infringing Strikeforce's above mentioned patented inventions, Strikeforce Technologies took legislative action in March 2017. Unfortunately , SFOR lost the lawsuit in 2018, and also lost the appeal in Feb. 2019, for Alice 101 "abstract idea" issue.
Fortunately, you and other senators and USPTO noticed the erosion of patent legislation by some confusions raised due to Alice 101 and the potential damage to the invention and creativity of companies like StrikeForce. I am very grateful for your effort to reinforce patent legislation by reforming Alice 101. It is a great proposal to include that "No implicit or other judicially created exceptions to subject matter eligibility, including “abstract ideas,” “laws of nature,” or “natural phenomena,” shall be used to determine patent eligibility under section 101, and all cases establishing or interpreting those exceptions to eligibility are hereby abrogated. "
Other Small and large businesses as well as many innovative individuals have gone through the process of obtaining patents only to have these innovative inventions and processes stolen by big business and as they make millions infringing on their ideas, the inventors suffer and are left without the means to come up with further innovations. We need to level the playing field for those who have vision and the ability to come up with ideas and processes that will keep America the innovative leader in the world.
Finally, I would therefore like to add that it has been a wonderful experience for me to participate in this most basic level of our democracy. To have the opportunity to speak in this way to all of you as members of Congress, from my point of view as an ordinary citizen, and shareholder in a great small company like StrikeForce, regarding continued strong reform of Section 101 of the Patent Act is a dream beyond my wildest expectation.
Wishing you all the best success in the Intellectual Property Hearings this week. Thank You for working on a problem that is long over due.
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