Political Quotes

“This substitute amendment is entitled the Conyers-Watt amendment, and I am very pleased to bring it to the attention of our colleagues at this time. I am offering this substitute amendment because it will give the Members an opportunity to vote for language that will actually address the identifiable abuses in the patent system. These abuses include the inability to identify the real party in interest and filing abusive lawsuits against end users instead of manufacturers of product. These issues are addressed in a measured and balanced way in this substitute. Unlike the reported bill, which makes one-sided changes in fee- shifting, discovery, and pleading requirements in all patent cases, not just cases involving trolls, my, our amendment, directly responds to the real problems without undermining the patent or legal system as a whole. That is what the thrust of our arguments have been throughout this debate. Our amendment builds in large part on a patent reform bill introduced on the Senate side by Chairman Leahy and which even the present administration and other stakeholders strongly support.…”