Patent Reform Back For Another Go-Round
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Professor Mark A. Lemley is quoted in an article in BioWorld Today about patent reform:
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) last week urged lawmakers to undertake a careful and comprehensive evaluation of the continuing need for, and potentially negative impact of, some of the more controversial provisions in the patent reform debate, including changes to how damages are calculated after a finding of infringement and expanded administrative opportunities to challenge patents without the protections afforded to patents in courts of law.
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But Mark Lemley, a professor at Stanford University Law School, who argued on the side of the high-tech industries, said patent damages was the area most in need of reform.