May 07, 2018

    Intellectual Property Law

    Letters & Testimony

    The ABA frequently corresponds with Members of Congress, the Executive Branch and other governmental bodies and testifies before Congress on matters of importance to the administration of justice and the legal profession.

    113th Congress

    Date Recipient Description
    5/20/13 Office of Management and Budget
    		 ABA Expresses Concerns Over Sequestration of Funding for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

     

    112th Congress

    Date Recipient Description
    12/17/12 U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) ABA Submits Comments on USPTO Proposed Rules of Professional Conduct
    5/4/12 Treasury Department Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Opposes Treasury Proposal on Disclosure of Client Identity and Beneficial Ownership
    6/23/11 House ABA Opposes Manager's Amendment to H.R. 1249, the Patent Reform Bill.
    6/20/11 House ABA Urges Rep. Lamar Smith to Reject Proposed Substitute for Section 22 of H.R. 1249, the Patent Reform Bill.
    6/13/11 House ABA urges the U.S. House of Representatives to promptly consider H.R. 1249, the America Invents Act.
    2/28/11 Senate ABA Expresses its Support for S. 23, the "Patent Reform Act of 2011," and opposition to any amendment that may be offered to strike the "first-inventor-to-file" provisions of the bill.

     

    111th Congress

    Date Recipient Description
    06/26/09 Senate ABA Finds David Kappos Qualified for the Director of the PTO (Committee on the Judiciary)
    03/26/09 Senate ABA Supports the Coburn Amendment for S. 515, the Patent Reform Act of 2009 (Committee on the Judiciary)

     

    109th Congress

    Date Recipient Description
    06/20/05 House Letter supporting patent and trademark fee legislation (Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property, Committee on the Judiciary)
    04/20/05 House Written statement by William LaFuze regarding patent quality improvement (Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property, Committee on the Judiciary)