House and Senate committees will examine patent revamp...
House and Senate committees will examine patent revamp issues Thursday. The Senate Judiciary Committee included the oft-delayed markup of the Patent Transparency and Improvements Act (S-1720) as the only agenda item for its weekly business meeting Thursday, although the committee…
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had not released an eagerly anticipated compromise manager’s amendment at our deadline Monday. The meeting is to begin at 9:30 a.m. in 226 Dirksen (http://1.usa.gov/1ox3Lea). An industry lobbyist expressed skepticism about the prospects for a Thursday markup given disagreements within the committee over provisions on heightened pleading and discovery requirements. Meanwhile, the House Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade plans to hold a hearing Thursday on draft legislation from Chairman Lee Terry, R-Neb., that would require entities sending pre-litigation demand letters to include additional identifying information (http://1.usa.gov/1oJVlQO). The bill would also give the FTC and state governments more power to prosecute entities that abuse demand letters (http://1.usa.gov/1lVUsBl). The hearing is to begin at 9:15 a.m. in 2123 Rayburn.