House Judiciary Committee gets to work

The House Judiciary Committee will hold a markup hearing today on H.R. 2955 (the Intellectual Property Jurisdiction Clarification Act of 2005), which aims to clarify that the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has exclusive jurisdiction of appeals relating to patents and other intellectual property issues.

Separately, the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property will hold a markup hearing on recently-introduced H.R. 4742 , which grants the Director of the Patent and Trademark Office statutory authority to waive certain provisions governing patents and trademarks in emergency situations.

The meeting of the Subcommittee is scheduled to start at 12:00 Eastern. A live webcast will be available here at that time.

Markup of other pending patent legislation has not yet been scheduled.