Landrieu Pushes For Small Business Patent Power

By Christopher Norton

Law360, New York (March 10, 2010, 12:36 PM ET) -- Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., has put forward a new bill designed to keep small businesses in the running as inventors, while a push for patent reform continues to makes it way through Congress.

The Small Business Patent Data Collection Act of 2010 would direct the Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to look at how changes to the current system will affect the ability of small businesses to get patents, Landrieu said Tuesday.

The study is meant to examine...
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