The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee will hold its first hearing on the House version of the Patent Reform bill, H.R. 1260, this morning at 10:00. Witnesses scheduled to testify at the hearing include:
- David Simon, chief patent counsel for Intel, Inc.
- Phillip Johnson, chief intellectual property counsel for Johnson & Johnson
- John Thomas, professor at Georgetown Law School
- Jack Lasersohn, general partner at Vertical Group
- Dean Kamen, inventor and founder of DEKA Research and Development, Inc.
- Mark Chandler, senior vice president at Cisco
- Bernard Cassidy, senior vice president and general counsel at Tessera, Inc.
You will recall that Phillip Johnson also testified at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Patent Reform.
Patent Docs notes that the witness list is rather imbalanced. Mr. Johnson is the only representative from a life sciences company, the Coalition for Patent Fairness, a strong proponent of patent reform, has two witnesses in Messrs. Simon and Chandler.
Will the House push for stronger damages limitations similar to those passed in the 110th Congress or will the House follow the Senate Judiciary Committee’s lead and seek to pass a compromise bill? Stay tuned . . .
