Obama Signs Patent Reform (Hussein takes credit for REAL bipartisan work)

chron.com ^ | 9/16/11 | G. Martin

[Recovering_Democrat]

WASHINGTON - As part of his push to create jobs, President Barack Obama on Friday signed a bipartisan patent reform bill passed by Congress that provides the first major reform of current patent law since 1952.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Right now there is an effort to paint this law as Hussein's work. Bullcrap. The bill passed the House 304 to 117--only 327 votes were needed to make it "veto proof". The bill passed the 89 to 9--already at the threshold 75 needed to make it veto proof.

Hussein does not deserve sole credit for this new law--it was the CONGRESS that passed this legislation, and Hussein basically was going to HAVE to sign it or his veto would likely have been overturned.

Now there IS the possibility that Hussein convinced his sycophants in Congress to support the bill....but then he only gets props for getting the Democrats to agree with Republicans.

I got a little irritated when I heard some fake journalist talking on TV about how Hussein has "re-written our nation's patent laws, helping to create jobs" or some crap like that. Hussein has done SQUAT, except sign a nearly veto-proof bill.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Correction above: the bill passed the SENATE 89 to 9.

[the invisib1e hand]

everything he touches implodes. he needs to be kept away from grown-up things. Let him play around with green energy and recycling.

[the invisib1e hand]

additionally, I don't trust congress to screw around with patent law either -- patent law that seemed to serve the most technologically innovative time in human history just fine.

Be afraid. They're picking someone's pockets for their sponsors.

[afraidfortherepublic]

The new law also integrates the U.S. patent system with others used abroad.

The article doesn't explain how this Bill differs from what we are already doing, but the above statement makes my radar go off! As a rule, other countries do not respect our patent rights at all. They steal our technology right and left -- especially the Asians and the Russians.

[SoJoCo]

A bipartisan bill got passed? How’d that happen?

[cc2k]

Recovering_Democrat wrote:

Right now there is an effort to paint this law as Hussein's work. Bullcrap. The bill passed the House 304 to 117--only 327 votes were needed to make it "veto proof". The bill passed the 89 to 9--already at the threshold 75 needed to make it veto proof.

Happy Constitution day. Perhaps you need a refresher, though. I suggest starting at Article 1, Section 7.

It takes 290 votes in the house and 67 votes in the Senate to override a presidential veto. That's 2/3rds for those with public school mathematics education.

About this Patent Reform bill, is this the bill that basically gives all the details of pending Patent applications to anyone who wants to see them. I seem to remember something like that in this bill, and it is a boon for the Chinese. Now, they don't have to wait for the actual patent to be issued before they start copying our technology.

[petro45acp]

Good call, your RADAR is spot on.

we are so boned

[roofgoat]

I'd like to hear from any patent attys on FR and get their opinion regarding if this new law is good for the small inventor and who the law most benefits.

[edge10]

Here is one take on what the law does and doesn’t do:

http://www.dailytech.com/Obama+Prepares+to+Sign+Contentious+Patent+Reform+Bill/article22674.htm

FWIW

[roofgoat]

disregard my post above, I found a lengthy thread here already discussing this new law.

[cc2k]

afraidfortherepublic wrote:

The new law also integrates the U.S. patent system with others used abroad.

The article doesn't explain how this Bill differs from what we are already doing, but the above statement makes my radar go off! As a rule, other countries do not respect our patent rights at all. They steal our technology right and left -- especially the Asians and the Russians.

Yeah, I don't know the exact details on this. I seem to remember that this was bad for U.S. Patent applicants.

There was a bill that would publish all details of pending patent applications, I think even publishing those applications electronically on the web. This will accellerate Chinese and Russian "technology acquisition." Under the old system, the information was not published until the patent was granted. This will shave years off the publishing time (and foreign "technology acquisition time").

Does anyone know exactly what was signed into law?

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Happy Constitution day, September 17, 2011.        — cc2k

[TEXOKIE]

bfl

[Recovering_Democrat]

Wow.. put the dunce cap on me today! I KNEW the 2/3 rule....I just forgot! You know what happened? I got confused in my head with the 3/4 rule for AMENDING the Constitution.

Thanks for the correction.

In my opinion, this makes it even MORE LAUGHABLE for Hussein to take credit....because both Houses had passed the bill by veto-proof majorities, HE REALLY DIDN’T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH WHETHER IT BECAME LAW. Essentially his signature was a “I’ve got a bracelet, too!” moment.

[roofgoat]

thanks edge10

[aruanan]

Obama Signs Patent Reform (Hussein takes credit for REAL bipartisan work)

While in the IL legislature, Obama was regularly given bills to introduce on which he had done no work at all. They had been taken away from others by his mentor, Illinois State Senate President Emil Jones, and given to him in order to build a record for future political moves. As Emil Jones once said to someone, "I'm gonna make me a U.S. Senator," referring to callow young Barry.

Jones appointed Obama sponsor of virtually every high-profile piece of legislation, angering many rank-and-file state legislators who had more seniority than Obama and had spent years championing the bills.

"I took all the beatings and insults and endured all the racist comments over the years from nasty Republican committee chairmen," State Senator Rickey Hendon, the original sponsor of landmark racial profiling and videotaped confession legislation yanked away by Jones and given to Obama, complained to me at the time. "Barack didn't have to endure any of it, yet, in the end, he got all the credit.

"I don't consider it bill jacking," Hendon told me. "But no one wants to carry the ball 99 yards all the way to the one-yard line, and then give it to the halfback who gets all the credit and the stats in the record book."

During his seventh and final year in the state Senate, Obama's stats soared. He sponsored a whopping 26 bills passed into law — including many he now cites in his presidential campaign when attacked as inexperienced.

As for the reason Jones gave it all to Barry, he said this (pretty funny in retrospect):

I spoke to Jones earlier this week and he confirmed his conversation with Kelley, adding that he gave Obama the legislation because he believed in Obama's ability to negotiate with Democrats and Republicans on divisive issues.

[afraidfortherepublic]

It also changes the USPTO's modus operandi from "first to invent" to "first to patent". In other words a company can now patent inventions even if a small inventor can prove that they came up with it first. The inventor can gain control of the IP, but only if they can prove that the company took their idea. This burden of proof may be very high in many cases, so this provision may allow big companies to trample small inventors as Sen. Cantwell complains.

I find that troubling. Anybody see "Flash of Genius"?

I have a bit of knowledge on this topic as my husband owns 8 patents. He has been sued by another company and found to be in the right and the suing company's patent was tossed out by the court. He has also designed around his own patent to build (legally) a similar roduct for another company.

For all of this work he never received more than $50-$100 for each patent an no residuals because he had to sign releases when he went to work for the various corporations. The way the patent office has worked in the past is that it is very expensive to apply for a patent, or to defend it from usurpers.

[Recovering_Democrat]

BTW, I do not know the details of the law. I know that Article I, Section 8 gives Congress power over patent law.

Whether this law is WISE or not is not what I am emphasizing in this thread...I merely wanted to point out HUSSEIN does not deserve accolades for something that was going to happen EVEN IF HE OBJECTED.

[9YearLurker]

Rather than shared credit, I’d call it shared blame that this monstrosity was just passed:

http://bobmccarty.com/2011/08/30/patent-reform-act-threatens-engine-of-prosperity/

[Mouton]

Pete Sessions was commenting the other night about some form of relief being given to a connected law firm under the aupicies of this bill. I don’t recall the nuances of his argument except some law firm was being sued for missing an important date regarding a patent for a drug firm. I guess this is croney law practice now.