From Intellectual Property Watch (IPW)-- US Patent Reform Stalls as Senate Negotiations Break Down:
Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, Democrat-Vermont, intended to announce that a revised version of the measure would be brought to the Senate floor this week, the Intellectual Property Owners Association reported last Friday. The plan derailed when Leahy failed to agree on several provisions with the panel’s ranking member (lead of the opposing party), Senator Arlen Specter, Republican-Pennsylvania.
“The principal sticking point is the issue of how to assess damages in patent infringement lawsuits,” Specter said on 9 April. The lawmakers thought they had reached agreement, but “the language continued to shift, so we do not yet have a deal on the package,” he added.
According to IPW, the bill may still come up this year -- so stay tuned.
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