Group of Senators and Representatives to Hold Bipartisan Press Conference to Highlight Broad Opposition to Sweeping Anti-Patent Legislation Moving Through Congress
On Tuesday, July 14 at 2:00 p.m. ET, Senator David Vitter (R-LA), Senator Chris Coons (D-DE), Representative John Conyers (D-MI) and Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY), will hold a joint press conference to highlight the broad opposition to sweeping anti-patent legislation moving through Congress.
The House of Representatives is expected to vote on H.R. 9, so-called the Innovation Act, before the House concludes legislative business in July. The Senate may take up S. 1137, the Patent Act, this month or in the fall. H.R. 9 is strongly opposed by inventors, small businesses, venture capitalists, startup communities, and manufacturing, technology, and life sciences companies.
Senator Coons is the author of targeted patent legislation, the STRONG Patents Act , which Senator Vitter has co-sponsored.
WHO: Senator David Vitter (R-LA)
Senator Chris Coons (D-DE)
Representative John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI
Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY)
Representative Bill Foster (D-IL)
Represenative Scott Peters (D-CA)
WHAT: Bipartisan Bicameral Press Conference on Patent Legislation
WHEN: Tuesday, July 14 at 2:00 p.m. ET
WHERE: HVC, House Radio/TV Gallery - Studio B
** Please note this event will be livestreamed. **
Source: House Committee On The Judiciary
