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05 May 2009

House hears testimony on US patent reform

Eileen McDermott, New York

US business leaders have urged the House of Representatives to amend its version of the Patent Reform Act to guarantee that the USPTO keeps all its revenue and to follow the Senate’s lead on damages calculation

Last month, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved an amended version of the Patent Reform Act (S515) that included important compromises on provisions that have kept the bill deadlocked.




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