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Another Step Forward For Patent Reform

Posted by Courtenay Brinckerhoff on Posted in Patent Reform

I’m still not writing about patent reform—really, I’m not! But on March 30, 2011, the House Judiciary Committee introduced its own version of a patent reform bill. Like the bill passed on March 8 in the Senate (S.23), it is called the America Invents Act. 

Foley & Lardner LLP has issued a Legal News Alert on the House bill, highlighting some differences vis-a-vis the Senate version.

While the introduction of the House bill increases the chance that patent reform will become a reality this year, it is still far from certain whether it will happen and what the final provisions will look like.

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    One might expect the House to be more attentive than the Senate to the needs of independent inventors, but some of the House’s provisions indicate the opposite. The next time patent reform comes before Congress, our legislators should do more to solicit the input of independent innovators and other SMEs.