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Patent Law Reform

I.    Proposed Legislation (Patent Act of 2005)

Proposed Legislation – Committee Print of H.R. ____ (“Patent Act of 2005”)

Published April 14, 2005

109th Congress, 1st Session

Proposed Legislation – H.R. _____(“Patent Act of 2005”)

Version dated June 1, 2005

109th Congress, 1st Session

Proposed Legislation – H.R. 2795 (“Patent Act of 2005”)

Introduced June 8, 2005

109th Congress, 1st Session

 

II.  Hearings in the House and Senate Regarding the Proposed Legislation (Patent Act of 2005)

U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary

Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property

Oversight Hearing on the “Committee Print Regarding Patent Quality Improvement.”  (Part I)

Held April 20, 2005 4:30pm

The Honorable Lamar Smith, Opening Statement

Transcript of Hearing (Parts I & II)

April 20 and 28, 2005

Statement of J. Jeffrey Hawley

President, Intellectual Property Owners Association

April 20, 2005

Statement of William L. LaFuze

Chair, Intellectual Property Law Section of the American Bar Association

April 20, 2005

Statement of Richard J. Lutton Jr.
Chief Patent Counsel, Apple (on behalf of the Business Software Alliance)

April 20, 2005

Statement of Jeffrey P. Kushan Esq.
Partner,
Sidley Austin Brown and Wood, LLP (on behalf of Genentech)

April 20, 2005

U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary

Subcommittee on Intellectual Property

Hearing on “The Patent System Today and Tomorrow”

Scheduled for April 21, 2005 2:30pm; Rescheduled for April 25, 2005 at 1:30pm

Statement of The Honorable Patrick Leahy, United States Senator, Vermont

Statement of Jon W. Dudas

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office

April 25, 2005

Statement of Richard C. Levin (President, Yale University) and Mark B. Myers (Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania)

Co-Chairs, Committee on Intellectual Property Rights in the Knowledge-Based Economy
Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy
Policy and Global Affairs Division
National Research Council
The National Academies

April 25, 2005

Statement of William Parker

Chief Executive Officer, Diffraction, Ltd.

April 25, 2005

Statement of Dean Kamen

President, DEKA Research & Development Corp.

April 25, 2005

Statement of David Simon

Chief Patent Counsel, Intel Corporation, for the Business Software Alliance (BSA)

April 25, 2005

Statement of Robert A. Armitage

Senior Vice President and General Patent Counsel, Eli Lilly and Company

April 25, 2005

Statement of Joel Poppen

Deputy General Counsel, Micron Technology, Inc.

April 25, 2005

Statement of Michael K. Kirk

Executive Director, American Intellectual Property Law Association

April 25, 2005

U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary

Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property

Oversight Hearing on the “Committee Print Regarding Patent Quality Improvement.”  (Part II)

Held April 28, 2005 12:00pm

Transcript of Hearing (Parts I & II)

April 20 and 28, 2005

Statement of Jon W. Dudas
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office

April 28, 2005

Statement of Richard Levin
President, Yale University and Co-chair, Committee on Intellectual Property Rights in the Knowledge-Based Economy
Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy
Policy and Global Affairs Division
National Research Council
The National Academies

April 28, 2005

Statement of Dr. Nathan P. Myhrvold
Chief Executive Officer, Intellectual Ventures

April 28, 2005

Statement of Darin E. Bartholomew

Senior Counsel, Deere and Company (on behalf of the Financial Services Roundtable)

April 28, 2005

U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary

Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property

Legislative Hearing on H.R. 2795, the "Patent Act of 2005."

Held June 9, 2005 - 12:00 AM

The Honorable Lamar Smith, Opening Statement

Transcript of Hearing

June 9, 2005

Statement of Gary L. Griswold
Past President of the American Intellectual Property Law Association

June 9, 2005

Statement of Carl Gulbrandsen
Managing Director, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF)

June 9, 2005

Statement of Josh Lerner
Professor, Harvard Business School

June 9, 2005

Statement of Daniel B. Ravicher
Executive Director, Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT)

June 9, 2005

U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary

Subcommittee on Intellectual Property

Hearing on “Patent Law Reform: Injunctions and Damages

June 14, 2005,  2:30 PM

Statement of The Honorable Patrick Leahy, United States Senator, Vermont

Statement of Carl Gulbrandsen
Managing Director, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF)

June 14, 2005

Statement of Jonathan Band

Counsel on behalf of Visa and Financial Services Roundtable

June 14, 2005

Statement of Mark A. Lemley
Professor, Stanford Law School

June 14, 2005

Statement of Jeffrey P. Kushan
Partner, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, LLP

June 14, 2005

Statement of Chuck Fish
Vice President and Chief Patent Counsel, Time Warner, Inc.

June 14, 2005

Statement of J. Jeffrey Hawley
President, Intellectual Property Owners Association

June 14, 2005

U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary

Subcommittee on Intellectual Property

Hearing on “Perspectives on Patents: Harmonization and Other Matters”

July 26, 2005,  2:30 PM

Statement of The Honorable Gerald J. Mossinghoff
Former Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks and

Senior Counsel, Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt

July 26, 2005

Statement of The Honorable Q. Todd Dickinson
Former Under Secretary of Commerce and Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and

Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, General Electric Company

July 26, 2005

Statement of Marshall C. Phelps, Jr.
Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for Intellectual Property, Microsoft Corporation

July 26, 2005

Statement of Cristine J. Siwik
Partner, Rakoczy Molino Mazzochi Siwik LLP (on behalf of Barr Laboratories, Inc.)

July 26, 2005

Statement of Charles E. Phelps
Provost, University of Rochester (on behalf of the Association of American Universities)

July 26, 2005

Statement of David Beier
Senior Vice President of Global Government Affairs, Amgen

July 26, 2005

III.  Town Meetings on Patent Reform – 2005

Town Meetings on Patent Reform

Co-sponsored by the AIPLA, the Federal Trade Commission, and the National Academies’ Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP)

Agendas for Town Meetings

News Release Regarding Town Meetings

San Jose Town Meeting on Patent Reform

Transcript

February 18, 2005

Chicago Town Meeting on Patent Reform

Transcript

March 4, 2005

Boston Town Meeting on Patent Reform

Transcript

March 18, 2005

Washington, D.C. Conference on Patent Reform

Agenda

June 9, 2005

A Summary Report of Discussions at Town Meetings on Patent Reform

Prepared from Transcripts by Staff of the Federal Trade Commission

May 23, 2005

IV.  Other Meetings on Patent Reform – 2005

June 2005 APLF Roundtable Event:
Patent Reform Proposals

June 28, 2005

Presentation by Thomas L. Duston, Anthony G. Sitko, and Nabeela R. McMillian

Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

June 28, 2005

V.   Congressional Research Service Report for Congress – 2005

“Patent Reform: Innovation Issues”

Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report for Congress

Wendy H. Schacht and John R. Thomas

July 15, 2005

VI.  National Academy of Public Administration Publication - 2005

“U.S. Patent And Trademark Office: Transforming To Meet The Challenges Of The 21st Century”

A Report of the National Academy Of Public Administration for the United States Congress and the United States Patent and Trademark Office

August 2005

VII. National Research Counsel Publication on Patent Reform – 2004

“A Patent System for the 21st Century”

Publication of the National Research Counsel (of the National Academies)

Committee on Intellectual Property Rights in the Knowledge-Based Economy

Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP)

Policy and Global Affairs

Editors:  Stephen A. Merrill, Richard C. Levin, and Mark B. Myers

Published June 28, 2004

A Patent System for the 21st Century…Summary of a STEP Board Report:  Protecting Research as Well as Intellectual Property

A Summary Geared Towards the Academic Community

A Patent System for the 21st Century…Summary of a STEP Board Report:  Helping the Law and Institutions Keep Pace With Technology

A Summary Geared Towards the Legal/Corporate Community

AIPLA Response to the National Academies Report entitled “A Patent System for the 21st Century”

ABA Response to the Recommendations of The National Research Council of the National Academies on “A 21st Century Patent System”

March 7, 2005

VIII. Federal Trade Commission Publication on Patent Reform – 2003

“To Promote Innovation:  The Proper Balance of Competition and Patent Law and Policy”

Publication of the Federal Trade Commission

Published October 2003

Executive Summary of the FTC Report

October 2003

News Release Regarding FTC Report

October 2003

AIPLA Response to the October 2003 Federal Trade Commission Report: “To Promote Innovation:  The Proper Balance of Competition and Patent Law and Policy”

April 21, 2004

ABA Response to the Report of the Federal Trade Commission Entitled:  “To Promote Innovation:  The Proper Balance of Competition and Patent Law and Policy”

March 7, 2005


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