Patent Law

S.515 working its way through Senate?

By Lawrence B. Ebert, Esq.

Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania says:
"I believe that we are on the brink of an accommodation here."

One recalls that Sen. Specter put the brakes on S.1145 the last time patent reform was up:

http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/2008/04/patent-reform-slip-sliding-away-arlen.html

The committee has punted on damages, BUT post-grant review [PGR] got more lenient, a bad thing. The big guys will tie up the little guys by fights in PGR, which will be the new trenches in the patent wars.

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