Patent Reform Push Ramping Up
Major high-tech firms represented on Capitol Hill by the Coalition for Patent Fairness will try to drum up more support for a patent overhaul bill this week. The top lawyers for Adobe, Cisco, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Dell and others plan to meet Thursday with several senators and their staffers to push for passage of S. 1145.
The coalition will also be sending a letter to each member of the Senate signed by over 100 companies and associations -- representing leading innovators and patent holders -- to reiterate their belief in the importance of passing the measure, the group said Monday.
The House passed its patent bill (H.R. 1908) in September and the Senate version, which was approved by the Judiciary Committee in July, is still "a work in progress," industry stakeholders said at a morning briefing. Pharmaceutical, biotechnology and patent licensing players are providing plenty of pushback.
Read more about the patent reform feud in Technology Daily's PM Edition.
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