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HR 5638: crash parts and patents

By Lawrence B. Ebert, Esq.

Further to an earlier IPBiz post [Design patents and the costs of auto repairs], note H.R. 5638, which states that, ?It shall not be an act of infringement to make, use, offer to sell, or sell within the United States or import into the United States any article of manufacture that itself constitutes a component part of another article of manufacture, if the sole purpose of the component part is for the repair of the article of manufacture of which it is a part so as to restore its original appearance.?

The article mentions the 2007 ITC decision about Keystone Automotive.

Of patent reform: A broader patent reform bill is currently bogged down in the Senate [S.1145], and the looming party conventions in the summer may also limit the amount of legislation that gets passed by the end of the session in the fall.

Full post as published by IPBiz on May 30, 2008 (boomark / email).