Month: February 2012

  • By Donald Zuhn — Last month, the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), a trade association representing the U.S. venture capital industry, released the results of its MoneyTree Report on venture funding for 2011.  The report, which is prepared by NVCA and PriceWaterhouseCoopers using data from Thomson Reuters, indicates that venture capitalists invested $28.4 billion in…

  • By Donald Zuhn — On Monday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a notice in the Federal Register (77 Fed. Reg. 4509) announcing that the Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC) will be holding two public hearings in February regarding proposed patent fees.  The public hearings are being held pursuant to § 10 of the…