Attorneys seek predictable patent system

Rich Beem speaks out in the October 3, 2008 National Law Journal Online article by Lynne Marek, Staff reporter, http://www.nlj.com, about Chicago attorneys’ efforts to seek a more predictable patent system by drafting a set of local patent rules - aimed at increasing predictability - that could be in use as soon as 2009 in U.S. District Court for Northern Illinois.  Patent litigator Richard Beem said that such rules might slow the process and add costs.