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: Patent BaristasSenate to Get Earful on Patent Reform
By Stephen Albainy-Jenei
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary has scheduled a full committee hearing on “Patent Reform in the 111th Congress: Legislation and Recent Court Decisions” for Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 226 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building.
The Patent Reform Act of 2009 legislation (S.515 and H.R.1260) is set to pick up where patent-reform efforts left off last year.
Witness List
Steven R. Appleton
Chairman and CEO
Micron Technology, Inc.
Boise, ID
Appleton Statement
Philip S. Johnson
Chief Intellectual Property Counsel
Johnson & Johnson
New Brunswick, NJ
Johnson Statement
David J. Kappos
Vice President and Assistant General Counsel
Intellectual Property Law and Strategy
International Business Machines Corporation
Armonk, NY
Kappos Statement
Taraneh Maghame
Vice President
Tessera, Inc.
San Jose, CA
Maghame Statement
Herbert C. Wamsley
Executive Director
Intellectual Property Owners Association
Washington, DC
Wamsley Statement
Mark A. Lemley
William H. Neukom Professor of Law
Stanford Law School
Stanford, CA
Lemley Statement
Full post as published by Patent Baristas on March 09, 2009 (boomark / email).
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