Patent Law Updates | New Proposed Legislation
April 23, 2009
Senate Committee on Judiciary Approves Patent Reform Act of 2009
Patent Reform Act of 2009
S. 515, 4/2/2009
At a business meeting held on April 2, 2009, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to report critical legislation to make reforms to the nation’s dated patent reform system. The 19-member panel voted 15-4 to report the bipartisan Patent Reform Act of 2009 after debating the measure in three executive sessions over the previous week.
The bill was introduced in early March by Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and former Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah). It is the third Congress in which Leahy and Hatch have introduced patent reform legislation. Since 2005, the Senate Judiciary Committee has held eight hearings and several…
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