It is unclear how the release of a Senate draft proposing to remove or
change some key reforms from the patent reform bill previously reported
out of the Senate Judiciary Committee will be received in Congress. So
far House Judiciary leaders have alerted their Senate colleagues
publicly that they want to see changes. In the meantime, bloggers and
reporters are offering information on both Senate Judiciary Chairman
Leahy’s proposal and the politics surrounding it:
- Gene Quinn talks about how watered down the bill has become to the
point that it is no longer “real reform” in his analysis at IPWatchdog.
- Patently
O offers a summary of what the bill still contains in a post this
week:
- The
Hill reporter Kim Hart explains the politics behind the legislation
and how the tech industry is largely against it now – aside from tech
companies whose business model depends more on licensing.
