Expansion of the “covered business method patent program”...
Expansion of the “covered business method patent program” in place under the America Invents Act would harm U.S. innovators, said more than a hundred companies, including Qualcomm, Procter & Gamble, Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, Adobe and BSA/The Software Alliance. The…
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warning was in a Thursday letter to the four leaders of the House and Senate Judiciary committees, that was shared with us. Such an expansion, which is included in several recent legislative proposals aimed at curbing patent assertion efforts, would “unnecessarily undermine the rights of patent holders,” they said. It would give infringers a new procedural loophole to delay enforcement and buy them time to gain market share on innovative, patent-holding competitors, they said. Expanding the provision could also negatively impact the relationship of the U.S. with its trading partners, they said.