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Senator Feinstein Opposes First-to-File Provisions of Patent Reform Bill (S. 23)

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Kevin Noonan -- On Wednesday afternoon, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) (at right) addressed the Senate, calling for passage of an amendment to strip the "first-inventor-to-file" provisions from the Senate patent reform bill (S. 23). That amendment lost, 87-13 on Thursday, but her 5-minute speech raised important issues for the House of Representatives to consider when it takes up patent reform legislation (as well as issues that may be raised in any Constitutional challenge). Senator Feinstein said the following: I rise today to offer an amendment [SA 133] to strike the first to file provisions of this bill. I am...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on March 04, 2011 (boomark / email).