THE TECH TYRANNY CONTROLS THE U.S. PATENT OFFICE!

Google collects patents while lobbying against them ...

https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2015/05/03/google-collects-patents-while-lobbying-against-them/id=57302/

The Mountain View-based technology corporation earned the 8th-most patents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office last year with 2,566 U.S. patents granted. But to be polite, the Google view of ...

How Google and Big Tech Killed the U.S. Patent System ...

https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2018/03/21/how-google-and-big-tech-killed-the-u-s-patent-system/id=95080/

After passage of the AIA and $36 million in lobbying by Google the prior two years, ... Unless you believe that the US Patent Office is wrong on its efforts to issue patents 2 of 3 times it acts ...

Big Tech all over D.C. patent war - POLITICO

https://www.politico.com/story/2014/04/big-tech-tracks-are-all-over-dc-patent-war-106076

Google, Samsung, Cisco, Oracle and others have united in the Coalition for Patent Fairness, a nonprofit that formed in time for lawmakers' 2011 overhaul of the country's patent rules.

Patent Docs: USPTO Satellite Offices on Hold

https://www.patentdocs.org/2011/04/uspto-satellite-offices-on-hold.html

By Donald Zuhn -- On Friday, USPTO Director David Kappos addressed the impact of budgetary constraints on some of the Patent Office's plans for the coming year. He did so on his Director's Forum blog, where the Director (at right) noted that following enactment of the budget for FY 2011 on April 15, the Office's total spending authority through the end of the fiscal year (i.e., September 30 ...

Congress Betrays 3M to Google Over Patent Fees With Cuts ...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-07-29/congress-betrays-3m-to-google-over-patent-fees-with-cuts

Jul 29, 2013Google Inc. and 3M Co. are among the top patent-holding companies that agreed two years ago to pay higher fees if Congress let the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office use the funds to address a work ...

Lobbying for The Livingston Group, LLC for New World ...

https://projects.propublica.org/represent/lobbying/301023965

Agencies lobbied since 2019: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) Affiliated organizations: Harmonia Holdings LLC . Lobbyists. Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented ...

What Tech Giants Are Spending Millions Lobbying For | WIRED

https://www.wired.com/2015/07/google-facebook-amazon-lobbying/

Tech companies already own Silicon Valley, but new lobbying disclosure documents reveal just how much weight they throw around Washington as well.. In the second quarter of 2015, Google spent a ...

How Google Tries To Buy Government - Forbes

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidpridham/2017/07/19/how-google-tries-to-buy-government/

Jul 19, 2017Given Google's co-founding of yet another new anti-patent lobbying organization called the High Tech Inventor's Alliance (HTIA), we can hope for the best, but we'd better plan for the worst ...

The Spoilsmen: How Congress Corrupted Patent Reform | HuffPost

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/patent-reform-congress_n_906278

The Patent and Trademark Office has granted so many flimsy patents in part because of a flood of patent applications. The agency is currently sitting on a backlog of more than 700,000 applications. With so much on its to-do list, the PTO frequently approves unwarranted patents, and first-to-file could encourage an even greater deluge.

Apple claims VoIP-Pal secretly lobbied judges, USPTO ...

https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/01/12/apple-claims-voip-pal-secretly-lobbied-judges-uspto-officials-in-patent-case

Apple is looking to reverse a Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruling upholding the validity of certain patents owned by VoIP-Pal, alleging the VoIP technologies firm secretly lobbied officials ...

Google and Facebook boost federal lobbying in 2nd qtr ...

https://www.reuters.com/article/google-lobbying-idUSL2E8INHFA20120723

Google, the world's No. 1 Web search engine, increased federal lobbying spending by 90 percent year-on-year, spending $3.92 million in the second quarter to lobby officials with the U.S ...

Google has gotten more fast-track patents than any other ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/google-has-gotten-more-fast-track-patents-than-any-other-company/2014/10/26/b39334b4-594f-11e4-b812-38518ae74c67_story.html

Oct 26, 2014Google Inc. has acquired about 14 percent of the expedited patents that have been issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office since the program began in 2011, far more than any other entity.

Google, the D.C. Lobbying Force - NBC Bay Area

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/google-as-dc-lobbying-force/1886299/

According to a disclosure report filed with the House clerk's office on April 19, Google lobbied Congress, the FCC, the Federal Trade Commission, the Commerce Department, the Justice Department ...

Google boosts federal lobbying spending in Q1 - Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/article/google-lobbying-idUSN2010546720100420

Google also lobbied the Executive Office of the President about international freedom of expression and censorship, as well as general export control issues, according to the records.

Facebook Inc Agencies Lobbied • OpenSecrets

https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/agencies?cycle=2020&id=D000033563

Facebook Inc has spent $5,260,000 lobbying in 2020, so far. See the agencies it lobbied.

Facebook Inc Agencies Lobbied • OpenSecrets

https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/agencies?cycle=2019&id=D000033563

Facebook Inc spent $16,710,000 lobbying in 2019. See the agencies it lobbied.

What Tech Giants Are Spending Millions Lobbying For | WIRED

https://www.wired.com/2015/07/google-facebook-amazon-lobbying/

Immigration issues also topped the list as the companies lobbied the government to create more pathways for high-skilled foreign workers. It's a topic about which Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has ...

Lobbying for High Tech Inventors Alliance by Franklin ...

https://projects.propublica.org/represent/lobbying/301020616

Franklin Square Group, LLC filed a lobbying registration on March 25, 2019 to represent High Tech Inventors Alliance, effective March 1, 2019. Original Filing: 301021816.xml Issue(s) they said they'd lobby about: Issues related to intellectual property legislation and regulation .