Law 360: How 2 Proposed Bills Could Transform Patent Law by Philip Nelson
Two proposed laws affecting patents may come up for vote by the Senate Judiciary Committee after the election: the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act[1] and the Prevail Act.[2]
Both have bipartisan support.[3] Just before a September vote, later postponed, the American Intellectual Property Law
Association expressed support for both of these bills,[4] along with the Idea Act addressing copyrights.[5]
If the votes on the bills during the lame duck session end up showing bipartisan agreement, it will be worth asking how it was achieved.