Patent Reform ... Pending
Popular patent law pundit Peter Zura pointed out on his blog this week that it appears that a massive overhaul of U.S. patent laws will not occur this calendar year. He cites a staffer for Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, as saying the bill will probably go to the floor after Congress returns from holiday break in early 2008.
That jives with what Technology Daily reported last Friday. We cited an aide to Majority Leader Harry Reid. "Senator Reid expects to take up the patent reform legislation as early as possible in January," Jim Manley told us.
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the measure, S. 1145, in July; the full House passed a companion measure, H.R. 1908, in September. Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Reid, D-Nev., met late last week to discuss the legislation's fate.
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