On: US Senate to Revive Software Patents with PERA Bil...

[leereeves]

Is that this bill?

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/214...

Looks pretty dead. Only 1 cosponsor and no action taken in a year.

[zoobab → leereeves]

EFF mentions "UPDATE: This vote has been set for this Thursday, November 14, 2024."

I don't know where they got the information, as it is not mentioned in the webpage:

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/214...

[Overtonwindow → zoobab]

It’s dead. Republicans will not allow democrats to get a lame duck win, and vice versa, and I don’t see a compromise anywhere.

[connicpu → Overtonwindow]

There's no broader political win to this bill. This is something that some large donors, who likely play both parties, would want. Those kinds of bills usually sail through with bipartisan support.

[zoobab → connicpu]

If you want the list of companies who shadow wrote it, there is somewhere a video recording of Tilis/Coons press conference with IBM and Qualcomm taking the microphone. I can try to find the recording back.

[kencausey → leereeves]

edit: my mistake, this is not the senate

Perhaps this one: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/9474

[tivert → kencausey]

> edit: my mistake, this is not the senate

> Perhaps this one: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/9474

The OP/EFF says it's a Senate committee that's about to vote on "The Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA), S. 2140."

I don't know tons about the government, but you linked a House bill that looks like it's still in a House committee, and I don't think a Senate committee would be talking about something like that.

Edit: I found this: https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-activity/hearings...

It's an agenda for a Judiciary Committee meeting on Thursday that lists "S. 2140, Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (Tillis, Coons)."