Earlier today, I attended the Sughrue Symposium on Intellectual Property Law and Policy at the University of Akron School of Law. The school put together another fantastic event that was heavy on patent law issues and included a star-studded speaker list.
I’ll post a thorough write-up soon, but thought I’d share this gem right away.
When asked to rank “the likelihood that the 111th Congress will pass patent reform legislation” on a scale from 1 (no chance) to 10 (guaranteed), a star-studded panel responded with the following rankings:
- Dr. Christal Sheppard (Counsel, House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary – a key force behind the current bill): 10 (Dr. Sheppard explained – “I give it a 10 because I don’t like to waste my time – I’ve spent a lot of time on this issue.”)
- Q. Todd Dickinson (Former Director, USPTO and current Executive Director, AIPLA): 9
- Hal Wegner (Partner, Foley & Lardner and the original patent blogger): 3.5 (Hal explained – “I’m up from a 3 last time”)
- Marla Grossman (leading IP/technology lobbyist): 6
Predicting passage of legislation is a silly exercise, of course, and all of the panelists noted that making predictions on passage is nothing more than an educated guess. Nevertheless, considering the experience and knowledge represented by the panelists, their thoughts on the likelihood of passage are certainly worth noting.
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