Senate Approves Patent Reform Bill, But House Debate Already Raises Issues

The nation’s capital was abuzz with patent reform talk throughout the week of the U.S. Senate’s March 8 approval of a patent reform bill, S. 23. Optimism for a quick conclusion to the six years of congressional debate on the topic was short-lived, though, as two hearings in the U.S. House of Representatives exposed a continuing disagreement on some key issues…

Senate Judiciary Committee Unanimously Approves Patent Reform Act of 2011

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved by a 15-0 vote Feb. 3 a new patent reform bill, S. 23, after agreeing to Chairman Patrick J. Leahy’s (D-Vt.) manager’s amendment and an amendment that effectively abandons the committee’s attempt to codify jurisprudence on willful patent infringement…

Obama’s Innovation Focus, Leahy’s Patent Reform, House’s Patent and Trademark Office Review—All in One Day

For patent community stakeholders who like government attention to their concerns, Jan. 25 was a banner day…

Senator Leahy, Congressional Aides Provide Clues to IP Legislation Agenda in 112th Congress

With a new Congress in town and intellectual property concerns on stakeholders’ minds, Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) and aides to other congressmen active in IP legislation provided a preview of the issues most…

Retired Chief Judge Michel Sounds Off on Patent Reform, Congressional Neglect in BNA Interview

On the occasion of his May 31 retirement after more than 22 years on the bench, Chief Judge Paul R. Michel vowed to let his views be known about the shape of the patent system in…

BNA INSIGHTS: The Amazing Grace Period: An Analysis of the Proposed Grace Period Under the New Patent Reform Bill and Its Relationship to an International-Type Grace Period

U.S. patent law currently differs from the law of many other countries because of the combination of our grace period and our first-to-invent system. If, as proposed under the pending patent…

Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce Department Release Report Linking Patent Reform to Economic Growth

The U.S. Department of Commerce published a white paper April 13 supporting congressional patent reform efforts as a job-creation and economic growth vehicle, “key priorities for the Obama Administration…”

Senate Judiciary Committee Claims Broad Support for Revised Patent Reform Bill

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee is pursuing a concerted public relations campaign to keep patent reform in the news, with the latest media statement repeating expressions of support from…

ANALYSIS: The Revised Patent Reform Act of 2010 May Improve the Quality of Some Patents, But Not of Litigation

The latest version of the Patent Reform Act (a substitute amendment revising S. 515 1 ), published on March 4, and perhaps closer to passage than ever, is intended to strengthen the patent system, improve patent quality, and also mitigate against frivolous legal challenges and the abuse of the administrative process.

Revised Version of Bipartisan Patent Reform Bill Released by Senate Judiciary Committee

Members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee March 4 released a revised version of a bipartisan agreement on patent reform that markedly cuts back on many…

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