The Patent Reform Act of 2009, introduced in the Senate by Senators Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and companion legislation introduced in the House by Reps. John Conyers, ...

Leaders in Congress are making a third effort to pass the Patent Reform Act, even though divisions remain over significant portions of the legislation. ... March 3, 2009 1:55 p.m. PT.

The US Senate has been considering some major changes to the US patent system, but opposition to some provisions in the complex legislation has apparently derailed the effort, at least temporarily ...

Tech industry leaders applauded the newly introduced Patent Reform Act of 2009, introduced Tuesday, which they say will reduce frivolous patent infringement lawsuits and spur innovation.

The death of the Patent Reform Act in the Senate spells hard times for open source. That's because one of the act's main aims was to end "forum shopping," the practice of filing lawsuits in, say ...

In his July 12 editorial-page commentary "Patent Nonsense," Bruce Sewell, general counsel of Intel, paints a dire picture of the U.S. patent system in broad strokes with little supporting data as ...

The House Committee on the Judiciary yesterday approved far-reaching legislation to reform the nation’s patent system. The Patent Reform Act of 2007 largely reflects the IT sector’s lobbying ...

Congress has spent the past five years in an ongoing effort to reform the patent system. Reform proposals have come and gone; the debates between proponents and opponents of various amendments ...

The Patent Office Professional Association (POPA) and 13 other unions collectively sent letters (PDF) to legislators this week calling for the Senate to block the Patent Reform Act. POPA, which ...

Pending federal legislation could bring sweeping changes to a patent system critics say is broken and in need of repair. The Patent Reform Act-before Congress since last year-presents the most ...

In the patent community, there has been discussion concerning recently proposed legislation called the federal Patent Reform Act of 2009 (Senate Bill 515) to restrict rights for patents owned by ...

In contrast, the STRONG Patents Act is a concrete piece of legislation they can point to that serves as an alternative to Rep. Goodlatte's vision for patent reform.