Posts Tagged: Senator Chuck Grassley
Senate Small Business Committee finds consensus on patent reform
Significant consensus was reached between representatives of small business and universities at a hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship on March 19, 2015. …
Senate Judiciary Committee seeks balance on patent troll legislation
Earlier today the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on patent reform. The hearing was titled The Impact of Abusive Patent Litigation Practices on the American Economy. …
IP and the 114th Congress: Meet the Senate Republicans on the Judiciary Committee
In the Senate the Judiciary Committee is where any action relating to intellectual property reform will be played out. Key Republican Senators on the Judiciary Committee, including …
Correction: Michelle Lee on Patent Reform
Thus, Lee did not agree with Senator Durbin’s main point, which seemed unequivocally to be that additional patent reform is not necessary at the moment, but …
Prominent Independent Inventors Unhappy with Innovation Act
"Notably, the concerns of key inventor stakeholders like us – principally small companies that create the fundamental inventions that drive our innovation economy – have not yet been evaluated …
Senators Submit Patent Law Treaty Implementation Act
Implementation of the Hague Treaty will also bring some welcome changes to U.S. patent law -- for example, the term of design patents will extend to 15 …
Patent Reform: The Senate Makes Its Move
With a powerful vote of 87 to 3 on a motion to bring debate to a close, the Senate is on the cusp of passing comprehensive patent reform legislation. …