[Ecommerce] on patent reform

[Jeff Williams]

Jamie, Craig and all,

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James Love wrote:

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:        Town Hall meetings on patent reform
> Date:   Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:06:58 -0500
> From:   Schultz, Craig <CSchultz@nas.edu>
>
> Jamie:
>
> Was wondering if you would be willing to share the following with any of
> your appropriate mail lists or message boards.  These upcoming town
> meetings will focus on patent reform proposals (from the FTC, NAS, and
> AIPLA reaction to both) that have received the most attention so far
> from the patent bar, with the goal of gathering wide-ranging input
> regarding those proposals.  We hope that interested parties will help us
> meet that goal by sharing your views at one of the meetings. Relevant
> questions: What do you see as the pros and cons of those proposals?  How
> would enactment of these proposals affect you or your company?  Which
> proposals are most important from your point of view, and why?  Which
> proposals, if any, do you see as bad ideas?  Do you have suggestions to
> improve the proposals? Do you believe that important proposals are
> missing from this list?  If so, what are they?
>
> Best,
>
> Craig
>
> */ /*
>
> */Town Hall Meetings on Patent Reform/*
>
> Together with the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
> and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) the National Academies=92 STEP
> Board is co-sponsoring town hall-style meetings to discuss certain
> patent reform proposals from four reports: the FTC's 2003 Report, To
> Promote Innovation: The Proper Balance of Competition and Intellectual
> Property Law and Policy; the 2004 STEP report =93A Patent System for the
> 21st Century;=94 and the AIPLA's written responses to each report.
>
> The first three meetings will take place on February 18, 2005, in San
> Jose; on March 4, in Chicago; and on March 18, in Boston.  The format
> for these meetings is unusual.  Instead of long panel presentations with
> brief audience discussion, the program segments involve brief topic
> introductions by two discussants (no more than 20 minutes), followed by
> 50-120 minutes of comments and questions from, and discussion among,
> members of the audience.  The point is to hear from stakeholders about
> proposals for patent reform.  The agendas and registration forms for the
> first three meetings can be found at the following link:
> _http://www.aipla.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Meetings_and_Events/Seminars=
/Seminars_and_Road_Shows.htm._
>
> The AIPLA will transcribe the discussions at the meetings, and the FTC
> staff will prepare summaries.  These materials will provide a foundation
> for the last meeting, a conference which will take place in Washington,
> D.C. on June 9, and to which Congressional staff will be invited.
>
>   Craig Schultz
> Senior Research Associate
> Board on Science, Technology and Economic Policy
> The National Academies
> 500 Fifth Street, NW
> Washington, DC 20001
> 202-334-2823
>
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