The Patent Reform Act of 2005, as it is known, is currently only a
proposal. It was introduced to Congress last week by Congressman Lamar
Smith (R-TX), but it has not yet been passed. (01)
http://www.mondaq.com/i_article.asp_Q_articleid_E_32970
http://www.out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=patentreformbillp1118320506&area=news
http://lamarsmith.house.gov/news.asp?FormMode=Detail&ID=648 (02)
As of today, the US is still a first-to-invent country, as opposed to
first-to-file. (03)
Jonathan (04)
Peter Yim wrote:
> > [PG] One other note. The US recently adopted the same "first
> > to file" rule used by nearly every other country.
>
> [ppy] I didn't realize that ... I had always thought that this
> would be (now it "is") "bad news" because it is skewed in favor
> of big companies.
>
> Can you point me to a reference about this, please.
>
> Tx. =ppy
>
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