By Kevin E. Noonan — It being the holiday season in America, it is perhaps appropriate that patent traditionalists get something more than coal in their stocking from Representatives Massie (R-KY), Gohmert (R-TX), Gosar (R-AZ), and McClintock (R-CA) in the form of H.R. 5874, the "Restoring America’s Leadership in Innovation Act of 2021." The bill recites Congress’s findings that the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (along with "several decisions by the Supreme Court") have harmed the progress of Science and the useful Arts by eroding the strength and value of the patent system (Sec. 2). In addition, this Findings section asserts…
