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Intellectual Property

Mar. 4, 2011

Senators Want to Weaken Patent Reform

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, supported by her California colleague Sen. Barbara Boxer, proposed an amendment Wednesday that would weaken a patent reform bill being debated in Congress.


By Craig Anderson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, supported by her California colleague Barbara Boxer, proposed an amendment Wednesday that would weaken a key component to patent reform legislation now being debated on the Senate floor.


The proposed patent reform bill, which would revamp patent law for the first time in decades, includes a provision that would change the current standard used to award a patent, from firs...

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