"Patent reform" still possible in 2010?!?
Inventors Digest has an article that begins:
Q. Now that 2010 has come and almost gone, what is the status of patent reform?
Bob Stoll, Commissioner for Patents
A. As the curtain closes on the 111th Congress, there is still a glimmer of hope for final action on patent reform legislation.
In a recent letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, 25 Senators urged that patent reform legislation move forward this Congress. We join those Senators, from both sides of the aisle, and a wide range of stakeholder interests in urging the Senate leadership to schedule debate on the Manager’s Amendment to S. 515, the Patent Reform Act of 2010.
A lame duck session after the November elections might offer that opportunity
IPBiz suggests not betting the ranch on "patent reform" passing in the lame duck session. Instead, stick a fork in it, it's done.
Q. Now that 2010 has come and almost gone, what is the status of patent reform?
Bob Stoll, Commissioner for Patents
A. As the curtain closes on the 111th Congress, there is still a glimmer of hope for final action on patent reform legislation.
In a recent letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, 25 Senators urged that patent reform legislation move forward this Congress. We join those Senators, from both sides of the aisle, and a wide range of stakeholder interests in urging the Senate leadership to schedule debate on the Manager’s Amendment to S. 515, the Patent Reform Act of 2010.
A lame duck session after the November elections might offer that opportunity
IPBiz suggests not betting the ranch on "patent reform" passing in the lame duck session. Instead, stick a fork in it, it's done.
posted by Lawrence B. Ebert at 9:42 AM
2 Comments:
For the sake of this country, let's hope it is dead
I would be satisfied at this point if Congress could get its act together enough to pass a patent reform bill whose sole provision was to end fee diversion; the other so-called "reforms" the legislature has presented so far seem like no more than window-dressing in comparison. However, I would agree with you that any type of patent reform legislation is (once again) unlikely this year.
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