[ Thanks to Karsten M.
Self for this announcement. ]
I received the following via Gregory Aharonian’s PATNEWS
newsletter. There’s apparently an attempt underway to sneak a
patent “reform” bill through Congress. Write your senators to tell them you oppose this
measure.
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Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 18:45:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: Gregory Aharonian
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Subject: PATNEWS: Alert!!! Looks like Senate taking up patent reform
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I just received the following alert that the Senate might be taking
up the patent reform bill, with the same sort of rushed passage antics
that were behind the passage of the House version.
Greg Aharonian
Internet Patent News Service
Friends,
I have heard from several reliable sources that Senators Hatch (R-UT) and
Leahy (D-VT) have "introduced" a patent bill in the U.S. Senate (no bill
number is available at this time). The bill is scheduled to be marked up
tomorrow - Wed., Oct. 27 - which means it could move fast, very fast, without
any of us even seeing it.
DON'T WASTE A MINUTE. On Wed. morning, pick up the phone and call your
Senators' offices (there are 2 Senators for each state). Call the U.S.
Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121. Ask to be connected to your Senators'
offices (if you don't know who your Senator is, just tell the operator which
state you live in and they'll connect you).
**** Urge your Senator to oppose a vote on any patent bill that is not
exposed to public scrutiny.
This bill could be attached to any "must pass" piece of legislation. The
games played by the House to pass H.R. 1907 could pale in comparison to the
efforts exerted by powerful forces to pass a bill in the Senate.
There is absolutely no time for delay! As soon as I get a copy of the
bill, I will disseminate it over the internet but right now, at 6 pm Eastern
Time, I cannot locate a copy of the bill or even find out if there is a bill
number (Congressional contacts in DC are working to get the information to
me).
This is another abuse of power that is becoming all too familiar and must
be stopped.
Joanne Hayes-Rines, editor
Inventors' Digest