Link is ludicrous---the plan is popular.
Edwards ’21 [James; December 1; Executive Director of Conservatives for Property Rights and patent policy advisor to Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund; Washington Times, https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/dec/1/combating-chinas-technological-ambitions-requires-/?fbclid=IwAR2yWryDb9Sj8FxVmWhv9Df8VmDWARgIQ3YrH4-Ck5DRe8LOyTxcdfFiVfc]
Earlier this year, a report by the National Security Commission for Artificial Intelligence reported that China is “fill[ing] the void” left by weakened U.S. intellectual property and unreliable I.P. rights in A.I. and other strategic technologies. They write that the U.S. “lacks the comprehensive I.P. policies it needs for the A.I. era and is hindered by legal uncertainties in current U.S. patent eligibility and patentability doctrine.” The report says that the U.S. must look at I.P. as a national security priority.
Reports like this should raise alarm bells throughout the nation’s capital. Fortunately, some in Washington are listening. The Republican Study Committee in the U.S. House has introduced the Countering Communist China Act. Mainly geared to address China’s aggressive push for the global innovative lead in critical emerging technologies, this legislation includes critical provisions that would strengthen our patent system.
Their act recognizes the importance of protecting I.P. and patent rights to counter China and includes key provisions from other legislation. This includes bills like the STRONGER Patents Act, a bipartisan bill that strengthens rather than weakens patent rights. The RSC includes the STRONGER provisions that rein in PTAB’s excesses and force on it standards of fairness and due process akin to those of federal court.