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Patent reform bill on Senate agenda after recess

• Jach 15y ago
  Two things that make me instantly distrust this: > Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said the patent-reform bill will be the first to move after the recess, as part of a package of legislation designed to boost job creation. Reid and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) said the bill, which attempts to speed patent applications, is expected to create 200,000 jobs. > The bill has drawn opposition from small inventors, and some provisions are controversial, such as one that would make it easier to challenge business method patents. But the legislation has wide-ranging support from industry, both parties, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the White House. "Patent reform" means completely different things to people in D.C. and people on HN.
  • foobarbazetc 15y ago
    You have to love that the "U.S. Chamber of Commerce" is thought of as some sort of representative entity, when it's really just a front for conservative corporate interests. Great branding, though.
  • glimcat 15y ago
    He who has the lobbyists gets the reform?
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