Patent Reform News Update

• House Vote potentially scheduled for Sept 7? – Passage Likely in the House.
• House Vote potentially scheduled for this week
• EFF supports patent reform bills
• POPA says patent reform bills are not good for examiner corps
• Google supports patent reform (Google is a member of the “coalition for patent fairness”)
• IEEE thinks that the patent reform bill is no good (We believe that much of the legislation is a disincentive to inventiveness, and stifles new businesses and job growth by threatening the financial rewards available to innovators in U.S. industry.)
• Congressional Budget Office: Patent Reform Won’t Cost the Government Anything
• HR 1908 (From Thomas.Loc.Gov)