[A2k] Lawmakers Take Another Shot At Patent Reform

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

All,

  FWIW, see:

 http://www.itworld.com/ narramissic writes "Patent reform
 http://www.patentlyo.com/patentreformactof2009.pdf legislation was
introduced yesterday (PDF), which, if it passes, would be the first
major
http://www.itworld.com/government/63666/us-lawmakers-take-another-shot-pate=
nt-reform
overhaul of US patent law in more than 50 years. (It should be noted
that the new legislation is very similar to the Patent Reform Act of
2007, which died on the Senate floor last year.) The legislation would
bring US patent law in line with global laws, and introduce 'reasonable
royalty' provisions, which change the way damages are calculated and
would reduce the likelihood of massive payouts for some patent holders.
Representatives from Google, HP and Intel were quick to say that the
http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2009/03/patent-reform-needed-more-th=
an-ever.html
changes would cut down on frivolous patent lawsuits. But the
Innovation Alliance, a group representing patent-holders that oppose the
legislation, said that it would 'devalue all patents, invite
infringement =97 including from companies in China, India and other
countries =97 and generate more litigation that will further strain the
courts.'"

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