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Category: Patent Legislation
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By Andrew Williams — \ Last Thursday, Sen. McCaskill, along with Sen. Rockefeller, introduced the "Transparency in Assertion of Patents Act" (S. 2049). Of course, several other bills are currently pending in the Senate that have been introduced by such politicians as Sen. Leahy (S. 1720), Sen. Hatch (S. 1612), Sen. Cornyn (S. 1013), and…
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By Kevin E. Noonan & Donald Zuhn — On Tuesday, we presented a live webinar on the "Top Patent Law Stories of 2013." The webinar covered ten of the fourteen stories that made it onto Patent Docs seventh annual list of top biotech/pharma patent stories. Posts on our top fourteen stories can be found here…
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By Donald Zuhn — Reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its seventh annual list of top biotech/pharma patent stories. For 2013, we identified fourteen stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe had (or are likely to have) the greatest impact on biotech/pharma patent practitioners…
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By Donald Zuhn — Reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its seventh annual list of top biotech/pharma patent stories. For 2013, we identified fourteen stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe had (or are likely to have) the greatest impact on biotech/pharma patent practitioners…
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By Andrew Williams — On Tuesday, December 17, 2013, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary took up the issue of abusive patent litigation. In a hearing entitled "Protecting Small Businesses and Promoting Innovation by Limiting Patent Troll Abuse," the Committee heard from stakeholder witnesses on three pending bills. The hearing focused on S. 1720 (the…
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By Andrew Williams — As we reported last week, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3309, the Innovation Act, by on overwhelming margin. A copy of the final bill can be found here. The next step is consideration by the U.S. Senate, where on December 17th, the Committee on the Judiciary will hold a hearing entitled…
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By Andrew Williams — As we reported earlier today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3309, the Innovation Act, by a 325 – 91 vote. There was support for the bill from both parties, with 195 Republicans and 130 Democrats voting for the bill. On the other hand, more Democrats were opposed to the bill,…
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By Andrew Williams — The House of Representatives earlier today passed H.R. 3309, the Innovation Act, by a 325 – 91 vote. Before voting on the bill, the House spent several hours debating and voting on a number of amendments. Other than a technical amendment introduced by Rep. Goodlatte (R-VA), the only other amendment approved…
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By Andrew Williams — As we have previously reported, Rep. Goodlatte (R-VA), the Chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary, introduced the "Innovation Act" (H.R. 3309) to curb abusive patent litigation, and conducted a hearing of his committee to address the merits of his bill. Last week, on November 20, 2013, the Judiciary committee…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — Leonard Cohen sings: Everybody knows that the dice are loaded Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed Everybody knows that the war is over Everybody knows the good guys lost Everybody knows the fight was fixed The poor stay poor, the rich get rich That's how it goes Everybody knows What…
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