While still at least a week away from the official Manager’s Amendment on the The Patent Transparency & Improvement Act, a document has been circulating purporting to outline the compromise between Senators Schumer (D-NY)and Cornyn (R-TX). (here). Most of the changes are directed to fee shifting and patent litigation
With many fearing that the Senate Judiciary Committee had lost their way on S.1720 known as The Patent Transparency & Improvement Act, news comes today that after weeks of partisan wrangling compromise has finally been reached. Senator Leahy posted the following statement on his webpage minutes ago:
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The Senate Judiciary Committee continues to struggle with S.1720 (Patent Transparency & Improvements Act of 2013). Yet again, the Committee has postponed mark-up of the bill. While mark-up remains possible on Thursday April 10th, given the growing political dissension along party lines on fee shifting, and significant lobby pressure on all
Although discussing the Patent Transparency and Improvements Act of 2013 in today’s executive business meeting, the Senate Judiciary Committee decided they needed a few more days. The Committee intends to work toward releasing a manager’s amendment next Tuesday, April 8th. Proposed amendments are expected in the coming days and
Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee generally considered bill S. 1720 entitled Patent Transparency and Improvements Act of 2013 but held over the matter for this week. It seems there was a bit of a stalemate on the topic of litigation fee shifting and expansion of the Covered Business Method
Senator Leahy will dust off his proposed bill S. 1720 entitled Patent Transparency and Improvements Act of 2013 next week. The Bill has been the subject of fairly intense lobbying over the past few months, stalling the otherwise fast track effort. With the mark-up scheduled for Senate
With little progress being made in Washington DC these days on hot button issues such as immigration, health care, or debt control, the White House is once again going back to the patent reform well. The latest round of political theater occurred last Thursday when the White House announced
Last Friday, the Senate Judiciary Committee concluded a round of additional staff hearings on pending Senate Bills S.1720 (Leahy) entitled Patent Transparency & Improvement Act. The hearings focused on the concerns of universities, small inventors, and restauranteurs/retailers with the currently proposed legislation. At the same time,
The Senate Judiciary Committee will be scheduling additional staff hearings in the coming weeks on the potential impact of the proposed Patent Transparency & Improvement Act. The additional briefings are responsive to concerns of “unintended consequences” expressed during the last hearing, which was held in late December 2013.
Yesterday, the Virginia House of Delegates introduced House Bill No. 375, entitled Bad Faith Assertions of Patent Infringement. The bill tracks, in part, similar consumer protection bills introduced in Nebraska and Vermont. Nebraska has taken the matter a step forward and is now proposing that bad faith letters