S 2369
110th Congress
Senate
Commerce
Income tax
Intellectual property
Inventions
Patent infringement
Patents
Tax consultants
Tax planning
Taxation
Taxpayers
A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide that certain tax planning inventions are not patentable, and for other purposes.
Introduced: November 15, 2007
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Introduced
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Nov 15, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S14492)
Nov 15, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S14491-14492, S14492-14493)
Nov 15, 2007
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Provides that tax planning inventions are not patentable. Defines a "tax planning invention" as a plan, strategy, technique, scheme, process, or system to reduce, minimize, avoid, or defer tax liability or to facilitate compliance with tax laws, excluding tax preparation software and other tools or systems used solely to prepare tax or information returns.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S14492)
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