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Government

Sep. 11, 2007

Patent Bill Passes House, but Debate Over Damages Continues

A wide-ranging patent reform bill may be half way through Congress, but lawmakers have so far failed to resolve the most controversial issue. With debate now moving from the House to the Senate, the technology and pharmaceutical sectors are still at odds over the best way to calculate damages

By Lawrence Hurley
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      WASHINGTON - A wide-ranging patent reform bill may be half way through Congress, but lawmakers have so far failed to resolve the most controversial issue.
      Even when the House passed its version of the bill Friday, the legislation's leading supporters had to shore up support by promising further compromise over changes to the way damage...

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