The Innovation Alliance, which has been critical of the bill, said the changes "appear to be a positive step in the right direction." The group's executive director, Brian Pomper, said in a statement "We have advocated for significant changes to the post-grant review provisions of the legislation that would prevent repeat legal challenges to patents because allowing repeat challenges would dampen U.S. job creation at the worst possible time."
Rest here:
http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/02/leahy-patent-deal-is-close.php
Covered in this blog:
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100225/1557268316.shtml
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