Intellectual Property Directions

McDermott Will & Emery reports in their January ‘08 IP Update (see Patent Reform Efforts Revitalized with Release of Senate Judiciary Committee Report) that:

Efforts to reform United States patent laws were revitalized on January 14, 2008, when the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary issued its draft report about the proposed Patent Reform Act of 2007 (S. 1145), which urged the Senate to pass the bill.  The 106-page report summarized the key features and goals of the bill, but did not introduce new proposals.  The House of Representatives passed its version of the bill in September 2007.

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Supporters hope to bring the bill to a vote by February 2008, but it is unlikely to pass without substantive revisions.  While the House Judiciary Committee passed the bill unanimously last year, it eliminated the controversial post-grant review provision during mark-up. 

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