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Patent Reform Derailed Again?
The seemingly never ending political battles relating to the pending patent reform legislation rage on, especially as they relate to the proposed post grant opposition and reexamination provisions.
The current bills, H.R. 1260 and S 515, originated from legislative proposals from as far back as 2005. S. 515 was reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee on April 2, 2009, a committee report on this bill was issued on May 13, 2009.
Both of the bills include overlapping proposals, with respect to post grant oppositions and expanded inter partes reexamination. Minor differences exist in the proposed bills, such as the availability of public use evidence to the expanded inter partes reexamination proposed, and the application of inter partes estoppel to ITC actions.
Lobbying
In January 2009, the Heritage Foundation released a white paper entitled: Promoting Innovation with Patent Reform: A Memo to President-elect Obama. The paper opposed the legislative proposals regarding the expansion of reexamination and establishment of post-grant opposition. Read the rest of this entry »
