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Congressional IP Leaders: Lisbon Revisions Threaten Market Access,

Undermine Trademark Rights around the Globe 

WASHINGTON – Leaders on the international trade and judiciary committees in the Senate and House of Representatives expressed grave disappointment with the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) adoption of an international intellectual property treaty without full consideration of concerns expressed by the United States and many other impacted nations.

Congressional IP Leaders: Lisbon Revisions Threaten Market Access,

Undermine Trademark Rights around the Globe 

WASHINGTON – Leaders on the international trade and judiciary committees in the Senate and House of Representatives expressed grave disappointment with the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) adoption of an international intellectual property treaty without full consideration of concerns expressed by the United States and many other impacted nations.

Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved by voice vote the Secret Service Improvements Act of 2015 (H.R. 1656). This bipartisan bill – authored by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), and Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) – reforms the United States Secret Service.

Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved by voice vote the Secret Service Improvements Act of 2015 (H.R. 1656). This bipartisan bill – authored by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), and Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) – reforms the United States Secret Service.

Washington, D.C. – Today a coalition representing many free market, taxpayer, and consumer groups announced their support for the Innovation Act (H.R. 9). This bipartisan bill – introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and a bipartisan group of Members – takes steps to combat the ever increasing problem of abusive patent litigation.  H.R. 9 was recently reported out of the House Judiciary Committee by an overwhelming vote and will be considered by the full House of Representatives in the coming weeks. 

Washington, D.C. – Today a coalition representing many free market, taxpayer, and consumer groups announced their support for the Innovation Act (H.R. 9). This bipartisan bill – introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and a bipartisan group of Members – takes steps to combat the ever increasing problem of abusive patent litigation.  H.R. 9 was recently reported out of the House Judiciary Committee by an overwhelming vote and will be considered by the full House of Representatives in the coming weeks. 

Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved by voice vote the Secret Service Improvements Act of 2015 (H.R. 1656). This bipartisan bill – authored by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), and Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) – reforms the United States Secret Service.

Washington, D.C.— House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today announced a Committee investigation into allegations that Planned Parenthood abortion doctors altered abortion procedures in order to harvest the organs and body parts of aborted children for money.