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Good morning!  No news in the Senate this week.  We still don’t have a Manager’s Amendment, still haven’t had a markup, and don’t have any information on when either will be occurring. As we...

Happy Friday!  Lots of news this week. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court issued two unanimous opinions overturning the Federal Circuit, Highmark and Octane Fitness, recognizing the importance of fee-shi...

Hi there!  The Senate is on recess this week and next, so there are no official legislative updates at the moment.  But new legislative drafts are now circulating, which demonstrates that the bipart...

Good morning!  Progress was made on patent reform this week, but not enough to get a vote before the Senate went on recess for two weeks. A Senate Judiciary Executive Business Meeting scheduled for T...

This morning, the Main Street Patent Coalition held an informative discussion on patent reform.  There were speakers from associations representing home builders, realtors, franchisees and franchisor...

We're back with news! Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee held an Executive Business Meeting, at which Senator Leahy's Patent Transparency and Improvement Act was discussed.  Senator Leahy pos...

We wanted to share this comprehensive statement from today from Senator Leahy, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, about the plan for moving patent reform legislation in the Senate.  He conc...

This has been quite a busy week for patents! First of all, a few Supreme Court updates:  On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard two oral arguments on patent issues, Octane and Highmark.  Yesterday, C...

Today, CCIA filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank.  CLS Bank is one of six patent cases this term, including two that were heard yesterday.  For more backgroun...