Focus (Forum & Focus)
Apr. 23, 2009
Patently in Need of Reform
It's difficult to predict the future of patent reform, especially when even ultimate insiders get surprised, writes Bernard J. Cassidy.
FOCUS COLUMN
By Bernard J. Cassidy Congress has been debating patent reform for about six years now without getting a bill passed. But recently we witnessed some courageous leadership that resulted in breakthrough of some note. Specifically, Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Arlen Specter persuaded Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy to drop the most controversial portion of the bill that he and Sen. Orrin Hatch had co-sponsored, namely, th...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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