Here’s some good news from the House of Representatives. Chairman Goodlatte of the House Judiciary Committee announced the agenda for this Congress, and here’s a key item: We’ll also work on reforms to discourage abusive patent litigation and keep U.S. patent laws up to date. Collectively, these reforms will help alleviate the wasteful burden of…
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Patent Reform Moves Forward With New Goodlatte Discussion Draft
by Matt Levy • • 0 Comments
On Monday, Rep. Goodlatte (R-VA) released a new discussion draft of a patent reform bill. We’ve been looking through it, and overall this is a strong draft. The draft has litigation reforms that increase pleading requirements and lower discovery costs for patent cases. It has end user protections and strong disclosure requirements that should prevent…