Patent Law Updates | New Proposed Legislation
March 9, 2010
Senate Judiciary Committee Unveils Details of Patent Reform Agreement
Patent Reform Act of 2010
S. 515, 3/5/2010
Leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee have announced details of an agreement on long-pending legislation to make needed reforms to the nation’s patent system.
The proposed agreement makes changes to first-window post-grant review, inter partes review, willfulness, interlocutory appeals, Patent and Trademark Office funding, and supplemental examinations. The agreement retains several critical improvements in the Committee-reported bill, including the transition to a first-inventor-to-file system, the gatekeeper compromise on damages, the new district court pilot program, and more.
Leahy and Hatch introduced the Patent Reform Act in March 2009. Judiciary Committee reported the legislation in April 2009. The legislation proposes the first…
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