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Some (But Not All) Amendments Introduced in "Patent Reform" Bill

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

By Kevin E. Noonan -- Senator Leahy (D-VT) (at right), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has circulated several amendments to be proposed to reflect the "compromise" he hopes to have reached with Senators Specter (R-PA) and Feinstein (D-CA) over S. 515, his "patent reform" bill. While there are several minor amendments among them, three (on damages, willful infringement, and interlocutory appeals) are significant. The proposed damage provision reads as follows: ''§ 284. Damages (a) IN GENERAL.? (1) COMPENSATORY DAMAGES AUTHORIZED.? Upon finding for the claimant the court shall award the claimant damages adequate to compensate for the infringement, but...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on April 02, 2009 (boomark / email).