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Patent reform and political realism

By Lawrence B. Ebert, Esq.

On June 19, 2007, IPBiz presented text of Ted Kennedy on patent reform:

U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy said today [June 18] that the biotech and traditional high tech industries need to come to agreement about how patent laws should be updated rather than pursue conflicting agendas through Congress.

He said the two sectors should work it out themselves -- otherwise, "it comes down to who has more lobbyists."

On August 30, 2009, one had Sen. Hatch saying:

?Kennedy could bring together all of the base groups of the Democratic Party,? Hatch said on ABC?s ?This Week,? recalling that Kennedy worked on health legislation for more than three decades. ?In every case, he fought as hard as he could, but when he recognized that he couldn?t get everything he wanted, he worked with the other side. If he was here, I don?t think we?d be in the mess we?re in right now.?

One notes we have a mess in both "reform" areas: health care AND patents.

See also

http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/2007/06/kennedy-on-patent-reform-it-comes-down.html

Full post as published by IPBiz on August 31, 2009 (boomark / email).