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IPO Board Opposes USTPO Fee Increases and Willful Infringement Provision of Reform Bill

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

By Christopher P. Singer -- The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) today announced that its Board of Directors has adopted two resolutions, one against any legislation concerning willful patent infringement, and the other against any significant U.S. Patent and Trademark Office fee increases for fiscal year 2009. In its daily e-mail letter, the IPO stated that while it has supported, and will continue to support, adequate funding for the USPTO, in light of the current recession it would oppose any increases in patent fees beyond those dictated by an increase in the Consumer Price Index. Fee increases based on increases...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on March 27, 2009 (boomark / email).