Should the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office have the authority to set its own fees? House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers and Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith on Tuesday introduced a bill that would transfer authority to set fees away from Congress to the PTO. The bill also prevents collected money from being diverted outside the agency for use in unrelated government programs. Still, key stakeholders have opposed transferring the fee-setting authority.
May 19, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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Should the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office have the authority to set its own fees?
House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr., D-Mich., and Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith, R-Texas, on Tuesday introduced the Patent and Trademark Office Funding Stabilization Act that would transfer authority to set fees from Congress to the PTO.
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