Open Congress : News Articles for S.1145 Patent Reform Act of 2007

Patent Changes: Coming and Going

2008-05-06T20:00:00Z

It appears that the Senate has pulled the plug on the Patent Reform Act (S. 1145) after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pulled the bill from the floor ...

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Patent Reform Act Stalls in the Senate

2008-05-01T20:00:00Z

The progress Congress was making on the Patent Reform Act (S. 1145) has stalled and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has pulled the bill from the floor ...

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Patent Bill Should Die

2008-04-21T20:00:00Z

In short, though, S. 1145 and HR 1908 would destroy what the Founding Fathers put into the Constitution with the specific intent of stimulating invention. ...

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Senate Prepares To Consider Patent Reform Act Of 2007, Circulates ...

2008-04-17T20:00:00Z

On March 13, 2008, the Senate Judiciary Committee released 15 proposed amendments to the Patent Reform Act of 2007 (S. 1145) in advance of full Senate ...

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Legislation stalls in the Senate over negotiations on damage rates

2008-04-15T20:00:00Z

Formally known as S.1145, the Patent Reform Act opened a rift in the business world: biotech companies, labor unions, inventors, and capital firms squared ...

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BIO Commends Senator Specter For Standing Firm On Patent Reform ...

2008-04-10T20:00:00Z

“BIO applauds the continuing efforts of Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) to improve and strengthen the Patent Reform Act (S. 1145) to ensure that this ...

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BIO Commends Senator Specter For Standing Firm On Patent Reform ...

2008-04-10T20:00:00Z

"BIO applauds the continuing efforts of Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) to improve and strengthen the Patent Reform Act (S. 1145) to ensure that this ...

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Friday IP Round-Up

2008-04-10T20:00:00Z

Negotiations in the Senate on patent reform bill S. 1145 seemed to break down this week after Sen. Arlen Specter released a statement saying: The Chairman ...

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Pennsylvania Bio Thanks Senator Specter for Continuing Efforts on ...

2008-04-09T20:00:00Z

“BIO applauds the continuing efforts of Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) to improve and strengthen the Patent Reform Act (S. 1145) to ensure that this ...

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Stupiderest Patent Reform Provisions

2008-04-06T20:00:00Z

After months of meetings and redrafting work, the US Senate is said to be ready to make a move on the patent reform bill, S. 1145. Various senators are said ...

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Commerce Secretary Gutierrez Letter to Senate Calls for Patent ...

2008-04-02T20:00:00Z

... Reform Act (S. 1145), including the Applicant Quality Submissions (AQS) provision, which he cites as “the strongest step toward improved patent quality. ...

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BIO Says Patent Reform Legislation Not Ready for a Vote

2008-04-01T20:00:00Z

A wide range of industries, labor unions and universities continue to have serious concerns about key provisions of the Patent Reform Act, S. 1145, ...

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Coalition for Patent Fairness Thinks Patent Reform Is Near

2008-04-01T20:00:00Z

A wide range of industries, labor unions and universities continue to have serious concerns about key provisions of the Patent Reform Act, S. 1145, ...

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BIO Says Patent Reform Legislation Not Ready for a Vote

2008-03-31T20:00:00Z

A wide range of industries, labor unions and universities continue to have serious concerns about key provisions of the Patent Reform Act, S. 1145, ...

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Mortal Blow

2008-03-18T20:00:00Z

Patent Deform legislation (S. 1145 and HR 1908) was dealt a mortal blow last week. The Coalition for Patent fairness & PIRACY (CPF or "C-poof") and their ...

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PharmaBiotech IP 2008

2008-03-16T20:00:00Z

The Intellectual Property Owners association (IPO) recently reported on the fifteen possible Judiciary Committee Amendments to S. 1145, that were circulated ...

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Letter: RTP Firm Opposes Patent Bill

2008-03-14T20:00:00Z

Now the Senate is considering so-called "reform" legislation (S. 1145) that would deepen that harm by changing the way that the costs of infringement are ...

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Technologists Present Policy Recommendations to Congress

2008-03-06T19:00:00Z

The Senate should pass S. 1145 to update the US patent system, and Congress should support the President's $2.1 billion request to fund the Patent and ...

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SPEAKOUT: Patent reform will aid innovation

2008-03-05T19:00:00Z

Last September, the US House of Representatives passed HR 1908, the Patent Reform Act of 2007 and the bill's Senate counterpart, S. 1145, is expected to be ...

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Patent Reform Cheats Inventors!

2008-02-24T19:00:00Z

Eagle Forum has been following the developments regarding the Patent Reform Act (S. 1145), sponsored by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT). ...

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Are Patents Headed For Extinction?

2008-02-24T19:00:00Z

That picture will change for the worse if the Patent Reform Act of 2007 (S.1145), now being considered by the Senate, is enacted in its present form. ...

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New Laws: Economic Stimulus and Assistance to Veterans - No New ...

2008-02-18T19:00:00Z

New Items S. 1145 The Patent Reform Act of 2007 Costs $406.27 per family http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_1145.html HR 30 The Eastern ...

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Big patent law reform on the way?

2008-02-18T19:00:00Z

So S. 1145 , the Patent Reform Act, may be heading into law. The other bit of news comes from the courts, and is reported upon expertly by Dennis Crouch at ...

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Meaningful patent reform

2008-02-14T19:00:00Z

The Patent Reform Act of 2007 (S.1145) is the product of years of deliberation and study within Congress and by many esteemed agencies and institutions, ...

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Strong US Patent System Is Critical to Continued Innovation

2008-02-13T19:00:00Z

The administration is right to oppose Section 4 of the Patent Reform Act of 2007 (S. 1145) which contains language that would reduce the incentive to ...

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Help save EFF's Patent Busting Project

2008-02-13T19:00:00Z

The bill is S. 1145, the Patent Reform Act of 2007. Put the question any way you choose, but here's a suggestion: "Does the senator support or oppose ...

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Google, Microsoft Sued Over Keyword Auction Patent

2008-02-13T19:00:00Z

... of a letter sent to congressional leaders in January by the Coalition for Patent Fairness in support of S.1145, the Patent Reform Act of 2007. ...

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Administration Opposes Patent Reform Bill

2008-02-11T19:00:00Z

The Judiciary Committee passed S. 1145, the Patent Reform Act, last summer, and the House later passed its version of the bill, HR 1908. Sen. ...

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US Patent Reform Act faces opposition

2008-02-10T19:00:00Z

... scientists and designers, joined the other unions to sign a letter to members of the US Senate, urging their opposition to the bill, S. 1145. ...

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Strong US patent system critical to continued medical innovation

2008-02-10T19:00:00Z

The administration is right to oppose Section 4 of the Patent Reform Act of 2007 (S. 1145) which contains language that would reduce the incentive to ...

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Missouri's inventors need patent-law revision

2008-02-09T19:00:00Z

In September, the House of Representatives passed HR 1908, the Patent Reform Act of 2007, and the bill's Senate counterpart (S. 1145) is expected to be ...

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POPA Joins Unions in Opposition to Patent Reform Act

2008-02-09T19:00:00Z

... The Patent Office Professional Association (POPA) has joined several other major labor unions in opposition to the Patent Reform Act of 2007, S. 1145. ...

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Unions and Businesses Form Coalitions to Oppose US Patent Reform ...

2008-02-08T19:00:00Z

Fourteen unions and more than 485 businesses and organizations expressed concerns about provisions in the proposed Patent Reform Act of 2007 (S. 1145). ...

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Unions Urge Senate To Oppose Patent Reform Act

2008-02-07T19:00:00Z

... scientists, and designers, joined the other unions to sign a letter to members of the Senate, urging their opposition to the bill, S. 1145. ...

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FDA, Congress to Jointly Form Follow-on Biologics Proposal

2008-02-07T19:00:00Z

At issue is Section 4 of the bill, known as S. 1145, which addresses the right of the inventor to obtain damages. "The requirements in Section 4 of the bill ...

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Patent Reform Blues

2008-02-05T19:00:00Z

Section 4 of S. 1145 sets some specific standards for federal courts on how to determine reasonable royalties in patent infringement cases, ...

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Administration Shares Views on Senate Patent Reform Bill

2008-02-05T19:00:00Z

The letter states the Administration strongly opposes S. 1145 in its current form, but strongly supports passage of balanced patent modernization ...

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We’d Prefer to Speak for Ourselves, Thanks

2008-02-05T19:00:00Z

“University Concerns With S. 1145 Addressed by Bill as Reported by Committee,” read the headline on the document, which went on to list the ways in which ...

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Bush Administration Calls For “Tech Neutral” Patent Reform

2008-02-04T19:00:00Z

After the Department of Commerce sent a letter to the Committee on the Judiciary, on the views of the current Administration on S. 1145, the Patent Reform ...

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Bush Administration To Patent Office: Hey, Hold Up There Mister On ...

2008-02-03T19:00:00Z

Patrick J. Leahy Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, on the views of the current Administration on S. 1145, the Patent Reform Act of 2007. ...

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Proposed Patent Law Changes Could Help, Hurt Small Businesses

2008-01-20T19:00:00Z

As of last week, the Senate version (S. 1145) was awaiting Judiciary Committee review. The House passed its version (HR 1908) last year. ...

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Patent Reform: What Does First-To-File Mean To Me?

2008-01-16T19:00:00Z

As we reported earlier, the Senate’s Committee on the Judiciary, has issued its draft report on the Patent Reform bill (S. 1145), to amend the patent laws ...

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Opposition to So-called “Patent Reform Act” Rapidly Growing

2007-09-05T20:00:00Z

In these opinion pieces, he warned that the so-called Patent Reform Act (HR 1908 and S. 1145) now before Congress should be of great concern to individual ...

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Patent Examiners Oppose Patent Reform Proposal

2007-09-04T20:00:00Z

... stating that HR 1908 and S. 1145 includes a "dangerous requirement that would effectively outsource the patent search, allowing applicants to contract ...

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House of Representatives to Consider Patent Reform Act

2007-09-04T20:00:00Z

The patent reform bills (HR 1908 and S. 1145, the Patent Reform Acts of 2007) were favorably reported by the House and Senate Judiciary Committees prior to ...

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Engineers Fight Patent Reform, Not Patent Trolls

2007-08-29T20:00:00Z

We are concerned that S. 1145 favors the companies with the financial resources that enable them to tread on others’ patent rights by commercializing works ...

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The Dog Ate My Homework Butt-Saving Bill to be Slipped into the ...

2007-08-07T20:00:00Z

... untimely filed Patent Term Extension (PTE) applications has been added to the Patent Reform Act of 2007 (S. 1145) by Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA). ...

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“Entrenched Patent Protected Companies Who Dominate Markets Want ...

2007-07-31T20:00:00Z

“The so-called ‘Patent Reform Act’ (HR 1908 and S. 1145) now before Congress proposes a major overhaul of our venerable Patent System, and this should be of ...

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Sea Changes In Our Patent System: Has The Pendulum Reversed? - Part II

2007-07-29T20:00:00Z

S. 1145: The Patent Reform Act Of 2007 (Lahey-Hatch/Berman-Smith) The principal provisions of this legislation would (1) change our system of awarding ...

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Patent Reform Act Of 2007

2007-07-29T20:00:00Z

Though both bills, the HR 1908 and S. 1145, were essentially the same when initially introduced on April 18, 2007, some important provisions are now ...

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IPO Posts Comparison of US House, Senate Patent Reform Bills

2007-07-26T20:00:00Z

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved its measure, S.1145 on 19 July. The IPO comparison shows a number of differences between the House and Senate ...

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Patently offensive

2007-07-25T20:00:00Z

The vehicle that would allow this to happen is HR1908 in the House and S.1145 in the Senate. A key provision in these so-called patent reform bills is that ...

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BSA Commends Congressional Action on Patent Reform Bill

2007-07-22T20:00:00Z

The Patent Reform Act of 2007 (HR 1908/S. 1145) is designed to ensure America remains a leader in global innovation by updating US patent law for the modern ...

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Has the Plaintiff Chooses the Forum Rule Been Eliminated For ...

2007-07-22T20:00:00Z

One of the less-noticed items during the Senate Judiciary Committee mark-up of the Patent Reform Bill (Senate Bill S. 1145) was the adoption of Senator ...

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Patent Reform Bill Approved by House Committee

2007-07-19T20:00:00Z

... (767092) on Friday July 20, @08:39AM (#19925561) The Senate Judiciary Committee passed their own version of the bill (S. 1145) yesterday afternoon. ...

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Patent Reform Fast-tracked Through Senate Committee

2007-07-19T20:00:00Z

... for an infringing product or process," S. 1145 now reads, "damages may not be based upon the entire market value of that infringing product or process. ...

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Senate Judiciary Committee Patent Bill Unsupportable

2007-07-18T20:00:00Z

... released the following statement today following US Senate Judiciary Committee's early evening mark up of S. 1145, the Patent Reform Act of 2007. ...

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Senate Panel Inches Toward Patent Reform

2007-07-12T20:00:00Z

... the panel to approve the bill before Congress goes on its annual August recess and that debate on the bill, S.1145, likely will continue next week. ...

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Coalition for 21st Century Patent Reform Statement on Senate Mark ...

2007-07-11T20:00:00Z

... a variety of industry sectors, released the following statement after the Senate Judiciary Committee mark up of S. 1145, the Patent Reform Act of 2007. ...

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Patent Nonsense

2007-07-11T20:00:00Z

The Senate Judiciary Committee will take up S.1145 today. Congress needs to pass this bill, during this session, as the need for reform is clear. ...

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DOJ: US Needs More Prior User Rights

2007-07-04T20:00:00Z

... of Justice waded into the cesspool of patent reform throwing out its opinion on the provisions of the Patent Reform Act of 2007, S. 1145 and HR 1908. ...

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A Hollywood inventor protests the patent bill

2007-07-02T20:00:00Z

(For background on S. 1145 in the Senate and HR 1908 in the House, see "Will Congress slam small inventors?" FSB: Congress is contemplating a major overhaul ...

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A Hollywood inventor protests the patent bill

2007-07-02T20:00:00Z

(For background on S. 1145 in the Senate and HR 1908 in the House, see "Will Congress slam small inventors?" FSB: Congress is contemplating a major overhaul ...

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Judiciary Puts Off Substantive Action On Patent Overhaul

2007-06-20T20:00:00Z

The panel adopted the amendment, which made mostly technical changes to the underlying bill ( S 1145 ), by voice vote. Lengthy debate on several disputed ...

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MDMA Voices Concerns Over the Patent Reform Act of 2007

2007-06-19T20:00:00Z

... in a Wednesday press release that it has joined over 200 other organizations to express concerns with The Patent Reform Act of 2007, S.1145 and HR 1908. ...

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MDMA Voices Concerns Over The Patent Reform Act of 2007: Bill Will ...

2007-06-18T20:00:00Z

... Devices Manufacturers Association (MDMA) joined over 200 other organizations to express concerns with The Patent Reform Act of 2007, S.1145 and HR 1908. ...

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Chief Justice Michel Writes to Committee on Patent Reform

2007-06-17T20:00:00Z

The Patent Reform Act of 2007 (S. 1145) would add the following provisions to 35 USC §284: (2) RELATIONSHIP OF DAMAGES TO CONTRIBUTIONS OVER PRIOR ART. ...

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The Patent Reform Act Of 2007: Patent Reform Legislation Aims To ...

2007-06-13T20:00:00Z

... joined Representatives Howard Berman (D.-California) and Lamar Smith (R.-Texas) in introducing identical bills, HR 1908 and S. 1145, titled the "Patent ...

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Senate Judiciary Republican Letter on Patent Reform

2007-06-11T20:00:00Z

As the Patent Reform Bill of 2007 (S. 1145) makes it’s way through Congress, Senators Coburn, Grassley, Kyl, Sessions and Brownback letter to Senator ...

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Judge Michel Writes Letter on Damages in Patent Infringement Cases

2007-06-11T20:00:00Z

The Patent Reform Act of 2007 (S. 1145) would add the following provisions to 35 USC §284: (2) RELATIONSHIP OF DAMAGES TO CONTRIBUTIONS OVER PRIOR ART. ...

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Patent reform debate heats up

2007-06-07T20:00:00Z

Biberstein said the bill, S.1145, contains commendable improvements, but the potential harm of several provisions outweighs the good. ...

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Patent Reform Debate Heats Up

2007-06-06T20:00:00Z

Biberstein said the bill, S.1145, contains commendable improvements, but the potential harm of several provisions outweighs the good. ...

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Patent reform debate heats up

2007-06-06T20:00:00Z

Biberstein said the bill, S.1145, contains commendable improvements, but the potential harm of several provisions outweighs the good. ...

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Patent reform debate heats up

2007-06-06T20:00:00Z

Biberstein said the bill, S.1145, contains commendable improvements, but the potential harm of several provisions outweighs the good. ...

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Alcatel-Lucent Strengthens #2 Position in Synergy's Services Edge ...

2007-06-06T20:00:00Z

... and Licensing Officer, Bruce Bernstein, recently testified in a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Patent Reform Act of 2007 (S.1145). ...

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Software Executives Press Forward on Policy Agenda

2007-06-06T20:00:00Z

... the CEOs are delivering a letter to House and Senate leadership, signed by 23 industry executives, urging swift enactment of HR 1908/S. 1145, the Patent ...

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The Patent Reform Act of 2007 Will Weaken Patents and Jeopardize ...

2007-06-05T20:00:00Z

"While S.1145 contains many laudatory reforms, the potential harm of several of the provisions is so great that BIO must oppose the bill in its current form ...

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InterDigital Addresses US Senate Regarding Patent Reform

2007-06-05T20:00:00Z

... and Licensing Officer, Bruce Bernstein, testified today in a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Patent Reform Act of 2007 (S.1145). ...

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InterDigital Addresses US Senate Regarding Patent Reform

2007-06-05T20:00:00Z

... and Licensing Officer, Bruce Bernstein, testified today in a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Patent Reform Act of 2007 (S.1145). ...

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The Patent Reform Act of 2007 Will Weaken Patents and Jeopardize ...

2007-06-05T20:00:00Z

Provisions in the Patent Reform Act of 2007 (S. 1145) would unintentionally promote uncertainty surrounding - and weaken the enforceability of - validly ...

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California Healthcare Institute Issues White Paper on Patent ...

2007-05-30T20:00:00Z

Teleflex, Inc. Several of the provisions that are included in recently introduced patent reform legislation (HR 1908/S. 1145, The Patent Reform Act of 2007) ...

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California Healthcare Institute Issues White Paper on Patent ...

2007-05-30T20:00:00Z

Several of the provisions that are included in recently introduced patent reform legislation (HR 1908/S. 1145, The Patent Reform Act of 2007) are analyzed ...

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BIO Joins with Broad Coalition to Preserve Innovation Incentives ...

2007-05-16T20:00:00Z

In the letter, the organizations expressed concern that provisions of "The Patent Reform Act of 2007" (HR 1908/S. 1145) pose serious threats to medical ...

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Diverse Industries Unite in Concern Over Provisions in Patent ...

2007-05-15T20:00:00Z

... Harry Reid and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, expressed concern with certain provisions of The Patent Reform Act of 2007 (HR 1908/S. 1145). ...

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Companies Send Concerns to Congress on Patent Reform

2007-05-15T20:00:00Z

... over certain provisions of patent reform legislation (HR 1908/S. 1145 – The Patent Reform Act of 2007) currently under consideration by Congress. ...

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