Legislation & Lobbying
Bipartisan efforts seek fair and balanced patent overhaul bill
ABA President William C. Hubbard commended Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) this month for their efforts to develop patent overhaul legislation that represents a “fair and balanced response to the abusive patent enforcement practices by those who acquire and hold patents primarily to extract extortionist settlement and judgments, and not to provide products and services to the public.”