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Not Everyone Thinks "Patent Reform" is a Great Idea

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

By Kevin E. Noonan -- The Senate Judiciary Committee, particularly the triumvirate of Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Ranking Member Arlen Specter (R-PA), and Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA), are pretty proud of themselves these days, having rammed their "compromise" patent "reform" bill through the Committee and headed to the Senate floor. It can be expected that the bill will be heavily amended once it reaches the floor (if only by Senators Kyl (R-AZ) and Hatch (R-UT), who have shown the most displeasure with the bill). (Senator Hatch rudely walked out on the Executive Committee meeting last week, despite entreaties from Senator...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on April 08, 2009 (boomark / email).