From Congress to the Courts

 

From Congress to the Courts features the latest reports from the ABA-IPL Section's legislative consultant as legislative, judicial, and executive issues may develop.

CASE Hearing summary

September 27, 2018

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S. 1010 Hearing: "Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017”

September 26, 2018

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USPTO publishes final rule on claim construction standard in PTAB proceedings

October 10, 2018

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House Committee on the Judiciary Oversight Hearing of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

May 22, 2018

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Summary of Patent Policy Advisory Committee (PPAC) Meeting

May 3, 2018

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Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Oversight Hearing of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

April 18, 2018

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ABA-IPL Section meeting with Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Judges

April 17, 2018

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House Judiciary Committee
Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet
Hearing on Safeguarding Trade Secrets in the United States

April 17, 2018

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House marks up Music Modernization Act

April 11, 2018

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Summary of Section 301 investigation conclusions

March 26, 2018

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ABA-IPL Section delegation, led by Chair Scott Partridge, meets with Andrei Iancu, Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and Vishal Amin, Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator

November 30, 2017

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Andrei Iancu's Confirmation Hearing to Be the New PTO Director

November 30, 2017

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U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Oil States and SAS

November 27, 2017

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IAM's Patent Law and Policy 2017 Conference

November 16, 2017

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Summary of PPAC Meeting

November 9, 2017

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Pharmaceutical Companies Making "Sham Deals" to Shield Invalid Patents from PTAB Review

November 8, 2017

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ABA-IPL Chair Scott Partridge testifies before USTR panel on Section 301 investigation concerning China

October 10, 2017

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Summary of the USPTO’s Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC) meeting

August 4, 2017

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Summary of the Senate Judiciary Committee's IP Day Hearing

April 25, 2017

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Supreme Court Update

March 27, 2017

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House Judiciary Committee announces its intent to adopt its "Authorization and Oversight Plan for the 115th Congress"

February 13, 2017

The House Judiciary Committee has announced its intent to adopt its "Authorization and Oversight Plan for the 115th Congress" later this week. In the plan, the Committee listed a host of agencies for which it plans to review their current authority and assess future needs, and for which it plans to provide oversight or to investigate their activities.

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S.1890 - Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016

April 29, 2016

I learned that Senator Hatch (Senate President Pro Tempore) and Speaker Ryan are signing the bill today and forwarding it to the White House for the President to sign.

I also wanted to send you excerpts from the Floor debate on Wednesday in which Rep. Collins mentioned our support, and the Senate colloquy between Senators Hatch and Coons during which Senator Hatch mentioned our support and introduced our letter into the Congressional Record.

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House Judiciary Committee Approve Bill Designed to Combat Patent Trolls

June 12, 2015

Yesterday the House Judiciary Committee debated amendments to H.R. 9, the "Innovation Act," and voted to report the bill favorably to the House of Representatives. H.R. 9 is designed as a legislative response to abusive patent infringement enforcement practices of so-called patent "trolls."

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Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Patent Troll Bill

June 8, 2015

Today the Senate Judiciary Committee marked up S. 1137, the "PATENT Act," and by a vote of 16-4 ordered the bill favorably reported to the Senate.

The first action of the Committee was to adopt a Manager's Amendment consisting of an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to the bill as introduced. A copy of the Substitute is attached. The Substitute consists of the provisions of the bill as introduced on April 29, with the addition of several amendments to...

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ABA Views on S. 1137, the "PATENT Act"

June 1, 2015

ABA President William C. Hubbard wrote to the leadership of the Senate Judiciary Committee expressing the views of the ABA and its Section of Intellectual Property Law on S. 1137.

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House Judiciary Committee IP Plans for 2015-2016

January 15, 2015

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte announced priorities for the Committee in the 114th Congress in a speech Tuesday at the Christian Science Monitor Breakfast. Two major intellectual property related initiatives are among Goodlatte's priorities. They are patent law reform to combat abusive enforcement practices of patent assertion entities or patent "trolls", and copyright law reform. Each of these initiatives was also the subject of extensive effort by the Committee in the 113th Congress.

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Senate Hearing on President's Nominees to Head USPTO and IPEC

December 11, 2014

Yesterday the Senate Judiciary Committee conducted a confirmation hearing on President Obama's nominees for two key intellectual property related leadership positions. The nominees, Daniel Marti to be Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and Michelle Lee as Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, were the only witnesses.

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U.S. House of Representatives Approves H.R. 3309, the "Innovation Act"

December 5, 2013

Today the U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 3309, the "Innovation Act," Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte's bill to address problems created by abusive litigation practices associated with patent trolls or "patent assertion entities."

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