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Article: Patent reform in 2008?(Legal Issues)
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- March 1, 2008
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After several years of fits and starts, proposals and counterproposals, and debates and hearings, the possibility of substantial patent reform is on Congress' front burner again. Since a patent reform proposal has already passed in the House, the Senate's proposal may soon work its way out of committee to a vote on the Senate floor.
In January 2008, the Senate Judiciary Committee released a draft report on the Senate's patent reform proposal, Senate bill 1145. The draft report, described by one commentator as "comprehensive and methodical," sets the stage for final committee approval and debate on the Senate proposal later this spring.
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