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Sens. Leahy and Tillis to Chief Justice Roberts: Something’s Up In Waco
The Senate Judiciary Committee’s IP Subcommittee had an active day yesterday with members sending out a pair of letters that suggest that they see some serious problems in the patent system.
The ...
What Are We Really Talking About When We Talk About § 101?
After the Senate’s recent § 101 hearings, Senators Tillis and Coons seem to have remained steadfast in their belief that patentable subject matter is a real problem for U.S. innovation. (It�...
Senate Judiciary § 101 Hearings Less Neutral, Helpful Than They May Appear
This week marks the start of three separate hearings on a draft § 101 bill introduced by Senators Tillis (R-NC) and Coons (D-DE). The draft bill—analyzed last week by Patent Progress—is fun...
Senators Tillis and Coons Draft Fundamentally Flawed § 101 Legislation
Today, staff from Senators Tillis and Coons will sit in a room with a group of stakeholders—primarily patent lawyers and lawyers from the pharmaceutical industry—and discuss their recently release...