The Patent Reform fight is about to move to the House of Representatives.
The National Journal is reporting that Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) plans to introduce a Patent Reform bill in the House next week. The Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, March 30.
The National Journal article suggests that the House bill will differ from the Senate bill on the issues of post-grant review and fee diversion.
March 28, 2011 at 4:02 am |
Here is a similar story
Could patent reform finally be on the way?
The answer, it seems, is yes. After years of discussion and stalled bills — and more discussion and more stalled bills — we’re within a stone’s throw of Congress overhauling the patent system.
On Tuesday, the Senate overwhelmingly passed legislation that would restructure the way patents are issued. The 95-5 vote capped a six-year effort and came amid a Democratic call for the country to innovate its way out of high unemployment, as well as concerns that China, which has said it issued a record number of patents in 2009, would gain another edge over the U.S. Click here for the WSJ story; here for the NYT story.
April 4, 2011 at 8:12 am |
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