The Great Debate:
FIRST-TO-INVENT vs. FIRST-TO-FILE

Here We Go Again...11 Years Later...

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2005 Legislation

The Patent Reform Act of 2005
H.R. 2795

1992 INVENTORS VOICE [tm] Special Report
Gives you an overview of why the U.S. First-to-Invent System is important to the U.S. economy [Click Here...]

H.R. 2795 - The actual bill
Read, study, download and print the actual pending bill - it's a 63-page PDF document from the government printing office.
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July 26th: AIPLA* mark-up of HR 2795 with proposed amendments.
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*(AIPLA)The American Intellectual Property Law Association is a 16,000 member, national bar association constituted primarily of intellectual property lawyers in private & corporate practice, in government service, and in the academic community.

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July 26th: Mark-up from Congressman Lamar Smith (R-TX).
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September 1: Mark-up draft from the Coalition for 21st Century Patent Law Reform--a coalition of major US corporations
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October 21: Mark-up draft from the Coalition for 21st Century Patent Law Reform--a coalition of major US corporations
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November 1: Comparison Chart on Various Bill Versions by Intellectual Property Owners Association [IPO]
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