- Lobbying
- Lobbying by Cardinal Intellectual Property Inc.
Lobbying Relationship
Bills mentioned
S.515: Patent Reform Act of 2009
Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)
Lobbyists
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Lobbyist | Covered positions? |
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Kristina Pisanelli | Legislative Asst., Sen. Patrick Leahy |
Bryan O'Leary | Nat. Sec. Leg. Asst., Sen. Tom Coburn, Sen. Conrad Burns |
Disclosures Filed
Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.
Termination
Registration
Issue(s) they said they’d lobby about: Issues related to patent reform legislation (including S. 515) and to competitive sourcing of prior-art searches for U.S. patent applications (including FY 2010 appropriations bills)..
Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate