Backers of the bill, intended to reduce litigation and move the U.S. closer to other advanced nations’ practices on intellectual property, were (as of last month, at least) hoping that it would emerge from a House subcommittee after Labor Day. (Peter Geier, “Bill in Congress to Overhaul Patent Law Seeks to Quell Suits”, National Law Journal, Aug. 19; Mark Scarsi, “Sweeping Changes to the U.S. Patent System? Don’t Bet on It!”, Law.com, Jul. 5). See Jun. 22, May 31, May 9 and other entries on our tech law page. And InHouseBlog (Aug. 15) notices a Slashdot thread on a company named EpicRealm that “apparently has patent filings with claims covering ‘dynamically generating a web page in response to the request.’ That basically describes the entire Web these days.”
Patent law reform
Backers of the bill, intended to reduce litigation and move the U.S. closer to other advanced nations’ practices on intellectual property, were (as of last month, at least) hoping that it would emerge from a House subcommittee after Labor Day. (Peter Geier, “Bill in Congress to Overhaul Patent Law Seeks to Quell Suits”, National Law […]
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