Time For Patent Reform? - Town Hall Meetings Scheduled
Posted by Douglas Sorocco, January 13, 2005 at 10:22 am
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the National Academies' Board on Science, Technology and Economic Policy (STEP), and the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) are sponsoring nationwide meetings on patent reform:
- San Jose, California - February 18 (Will Poole of Microsoft as keynote speaker)
- Chicago, Illinois - March 4 (Kenneth Dam formerly of the Dept. of Treasury as keynote speaker)
- Boston, Massachusetts - March 18 (David Boloker of IBM and Cavan Redmond of Wyeth Pharmaceuticals as keynote speakers)
- Washington, D.C. - June 9
Jon Dudas, Undersecretary and Director USPTO will be the luncheon speaker for San Jose, Chicago, and Boston.
For more information, check out the FTC site, which includes the workshop agenda, news release, and links to additional materials:
- American Intellectual Property Law Association (contains registration information)
- FTC report "To Promote Innovation: The Proper Balance of Competition and Patent Law and Policy"
- Press release on the FTC's patent reform report
- National Academies' STEP Board report "A Patent System for the 21st Century"
- AIPLA response to FTC report
- AIPLA response to National Academies' STEP Board report
Even if you can't make the meetings, the materials are interesting.
Comments
Late term bill proposess several patent law reforms, including post-grant opposition of patent claims
"The bottom line is this: there should be no question that the U.S. patent system produces high quality patents. Since questions have been raised about whether this is the case, the responsibility of Congress is to take a close look at th...
Late term bill proposess several patent law reforms, including post-grant opposition of patent claims
"The bottom line is this: there should be no question that the U.S. patent system produces high quality patents. Since questions have been raised about whether this is the case, the responsibility of Congress is to take a close look at th...
Late term bill proposess several patent law reforms, including post-grant opposition of patent claims
"The bottom line is this: there should be no question that the U.S. patent system produces high quality patents. Since questions have been raised about whether this is the case, the responsibility of Congress is to take a close look at th...
Patent reform certainly looks to be a hot topic for this year and next. Congress appears ready to address the issue, too. Note that the AIPLA website for the town meetings states that the purpose is to solicit input in anticipation of congressional hearings.
Also, a late term bill from the 108th included several reform measures, including a new post-grant review procedure. Comments from the sponsor indicate that the goal in introducing the bill at the end of session was to frame the debate for the current Congress. I'll add a trackback relating to this bill.