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Proponent of Gene Patent Ban to Leave Congress

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

By Kevin E. Noonan -- Roll Call, the Newspaper of Capitol Hill since 1955, announced today that Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA, 31st Dist.) "appears poised to accept a post as U.S. trade representative" in the Obama administration. We here at Patent Docs, and all reasoning members of the patent community, wish Rep. Becerra (at right) well in his new position, and breathe a sigh of relief that another wrong-thinking political meddler won't be in the next Congress to work more mischief on the U.S. patent system.Rep. Becerra, it will be recalled, is the House member who introduced a bill, the...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on December 10, 2008 (boomark / email).