Archive for April, 2005
Prepared testimony from April 28, 2005 House patent reform hearing now available on Promote the Progress
I have updated the Patent Reform Resources section of the right sidebar to include the prepared testimony of each witness in yesterday’s patent reform hearing of the House Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual property. All linked documents are in .pdf format.
I’ll continue to update this resource as materials become available.
Patent reform and third party submission of art: a proposed solution
Today’s hearing of the House Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property was interesting for its discussion of the reform measures contained in the Committee Print, but was just as interesting for its discussions of reform measures left out of the Committee Print (but still considered “on the table”).
In particular, Representative Boucher initiated a [...]
Second House oversight hearing on patent reform - two quick takes
First. Representative Berman said to the witnesses and the patent community generally, “If you have a problem with a proposal, help us craft a better solution.”
Let your opinions be known, especially now before a bill is introduced. How? Write your Congressman. Better yet, write Representatives Smith and Berman. Include Senator Hatch too. Send comments to me [...]
Lengthening the duration of patent terms as part of the reform effort? Don’t believe it for a minute
Cnet ran an article earlier this week about the recent congressional activity surrounding the patent reform effort. The article includes a very misleading statement about the reform effort. It closes with:
Other legislative possibilities include lengthening the duration of a patent, currently 20 years.
While I suppose it is a legislative possibility (isn’t everything?), lengthening the duration of [...]
May 5 Idaho State Bar presentation on patent reform: unbelievable timing
On May 5, I’m giving a presentation to the Idaho State Bar Intellectual Property Section. The topic? Patent reform, of course! [.pdf brochure]
Steve Nipper invited me to give the talk several months ago. We chose patent reform as a topic but worried that it might not be timely since we had no idea when the issue [...]
Witness list for second House oversight hearing
The House Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property will hold its second oversight hearing on the Committee Print regarding patent reform on Thursday, April 28, 2005 at 12:00 Eastern.
The following witnesses will testify:
Jon Dudas, Director of the US Patent and Trademark Office
Richard Levin, President of Yale University (and co-author of the NAS Report)
Dr. [...]
Prepared testimony from April 25, 2005 Senate patent reform hearing now available on Promote the Progress
I have updated the Patent Reform Resources section of the right sidebar to include the prepared testimony of each witness in yesterday’s patent reform hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual Property. All linked documents are in .pdf format.
I’ll continue to update this resource as materials become available.
On the Senate side: Summary of patent reform hearing of the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property
Following quickly on the heels of the initial efforts by the House, the Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual Property conducted a hearing yesterday afternoon on the subject of patent reform.
In contrast to the House hearing, which focused on the Committee Print as a point of discussion, the Senate hearing was structured as a panel discussion of the reform issue [...]
CSPAN to air today’s Senate hearing on patent reform
Tonight’s schedule for C-SPAN2 lists two airings of today’s patent reform hearing of the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property (8:00 PM and 9:39 PM).
UPDATE: Airing times have been updated to 8:46 PM (currently airing) and 12:04 AM tomorrow morning (all times Eastern).
Dudas opens Senate reform hearing: Our responsibility is to perfect and educate
In his opening statement in today’s hearing of the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Jon Dudas, Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, stated that:
it is our responsibility to perfect the patent system and educate the world on the importance of patents
The statement was made in conjunction with a reference to the growing “chorus of critics” [...]
