{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.leahy.senate.gov/press/leahy-announces-witness-list-for-next-weeks-patent-troll-hearing", "Leahy Announces Witness List For Next Weeks Patent Troll Hearing", "2013-12-13", "2013", "2013-12", "Democrat", "House", "VT", "Patrick Leahy", "L000174", "www.leahy.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "12.13.13\n\t\t\t Leahy Announces Witness List For Next Week's Patent Troll Hearing \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON (FRIDAY, Dec. 13, 2013)  Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on Friday released a witness list for the December 17 hearing on bipartisan legislation to combat so-called patent trolls. New England Federal Credit Union President and CEO John Dwyer, from Williston, Vt., is among those scheduled to testify. Leahy has also invited Michael Makin, president and CEO of Printing Industries of America, to appear before the panel. \r\nWhen small businesses in Vermont and across the country are threatened with patent lawsuits merely for offering wi-fi to their customers or using document scanners in their offices, we can all agree the system is not being used as intended, said Leahy. I am committed to passing effective legislation that will help innovators and inventors succeed, and I look forward to next week's hearing on this important subject.\r\nLeahy joined with Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) to introduce the Patent Transparency and Improvements Act in November. The hearing will be held on Tuesday, December 17, at 10 a.m. in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. Member statements, witness testimony, and a live webcast will be available online on Tuesday.\r\n# # # # #\r\nWitness List  Hearing before the    Senate Committee on the Judiciary  On  Protecting Small Businesses and Promoting Innovation by Limiting Patent Troll Abuse Tuesday, December 17, 2013   Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 226    10:00 a.m.\r\n\r\nPanel I\r\n\r\nJohn J. Dwyer, Jr.\r\nPresident & CEO\r\nNew England Federal Credit Union\r\nWilliston, VT\r\n\r\nMichael Makin\r\nPresident & CEO\r\nPrinting Industries of America\r\nSewickley, PA\r\n\r\nDana Rao\r\nVice President and Associate General Counsel for Intellectual Property Litigation\r\nAdobe Systems, Inc.\r\nSan Jose, CA\r\n\r\nPhilip S. Johnson\r\nSenior Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, Johnson & Johnson\r\nCoalition for 21st Century Patent Reform\r\nNew Brunswick, NJ\r\nPanel II\r\n\r\nSteve Bossone, Ph.D.\r\nVice President, Intellectual Property\r\nAlnylam Pharmaceuticals\r\nCambridge, MA\r\n\r\nHarry A. Wolin\r\nSenior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary\r\nAMD\r\nAustin, TX\r\n\r\nThe Honorable Q. Todd Dickinson\r\nExecutive Director, American Intellectual Property Law Association\r\nFormer Under Secretary for Intellectual Property and\r\nDirector of the United States Patent and Trademark Office\r\nArlington, VA\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t Press Contact \n\t\t\t\tPress Contact  David Carle: 202-224-3693\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\t\n\t\n\t\n  \n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article\n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.leahy.senate.gov/press/leahy-announces-witness-list-for-next-weeks-patent-troll-hearing"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8488311432301998, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}