Patent Reform

The Patent Reform Act has been approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Hatch does not like it. Part of me is glad that we have a senator in Utah that appreciates intellectual property, and the other (bigger) part of me wishes he did not get just about everything wrong when it comes to intellectual property. Making it more difficult for a court to find a patent claim invalid is a terrible idea. The standard is already raised to "clear and convincing" error and Sen. Hatch wants to add that it was intentional? That would not be right at all. From the other stuff I have read, I am not so sure the Patent Reform Act is such a bad idea.