Agenda for 21st Cenruty Patent Reform

In 2003, the Federal Trade Commission issued a report, “To Promote Innovation: The Proper Balance of Competition and Patent Law and Policy.” That report made a number of recommendations for changes to the U.S. patent laws. In its 2004 report on the U.S. patent system, “A Patent System for the 21st Century,” the National Research Council of the National Academies also called for major changes to U.S. patent law. The ABA IPL Section’s responses to these reports supported the major recommendations of the National Academies, and many of the recommendations of the Federal Trade Commission, for legislative changes to the patent law. [via]

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