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House to Vote on Bill That Would Give USPTO Fee-Setting Authority

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

By Donald Zuhn -- Earlier today, the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) reported that new legislation that would provide the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office with fee-setting authority will be brought to the floor of the House of Representatives for a vote during its legislative business session on Tuesday. The bill, entitled the "Patent and Trademark Office Fee Modernization Act of 2010," which has yet to be introduced and which is not yet available on THOMAS or OpenCongress, is nevertheless listed on the House's weekly calendar that can be found on a number of websites, including The Weekly Leader page...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on May 18, 2010 (boomark / email).