Patent Law

Carnac The Magnificent

By Gary Odom and Jordan Kuhn

As prescient as he is scrupulous, Grand Patent Poobah Jon Dudas predicted patent reform passage: "I'm optimistic that we'll have patent reform because what we see is that there are very real answers. We're an innovation economy. We think that the model works, but can be improved [to arrive at] a positive bill that can benefit everyone."

The White House has damned changes in damages, and disagrees with other issues in the proposed legislation. There is widespread opposition to the bill from a variety of sources, including manufacturers, drug companies, and unions. But, besides happy-go-lucky Dudas, the prospect that patent reform will be enacted this year has snowballs in hell cheering that they too may have a chance.

Full post as published by The Patent Prospector on February 07, 2008 (boomark / email).