House Panel Takes Next Step Toward New Patent Rules
House Panel Takes Next Step Toward New Patent Rules
A sweeping overhaul of the U.S. patent system appears to be gaining momentum in Congress. Today, Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX), chair of the House Judiciary Committee, unveiled his panel’s reform plan (H.R. 1249), called the America Invents Act . It includes many of the same principles adopted in a bill approved by the Senate earlier this month by a vote of 95-5.