Posts Tagged: "Senate hearings"

Tuesday and Wednesday of this week will be exciting days for patents, technology and innovation in America. The Senate IP Subcommittee will hold a pair of hearings exploring patent eligibility issues facing U.S. inventors and innovators and will hear from a total of 30 witnesses over the course of both days. In the latest development, those who oppose reforms to Section 101 are briefing staffers on the Hill today in an attempt to conflate the 101 and drug pricing/ gene patenting debates. More on that later. Other Senate hearings will explore controls on sales of tech to China, promoting American leadership in nuclear energy, changes in the TV and digital video marketplace and legislative efforts to protect taxpayer-funded research from foreign espionage. In the House of Representatives, committees will focus on the use of facial recognition technologies by law enforcement and reauthorizing consent frameworks for retransmissions of copyrighted TV broadcasts. The American Enterprise Institute will also hold an event on Wednesday to look into new technologies that support child welfare activities.