[PIUG List] RE: Q1 and Q2 Lobbying disclosures by major IP leaders.

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eady seen these lobbying disclosure amounts.
 
Sherri Voebel
Corporate Patents
 
 
This URL links to the Donald Zuhn article listing updated disclosure inform=
ation for Q1 and Q2 2008 Lobbying expenditures for major IP leaders (Augus=
t 21, 2008)…..
http://www., patentdocs., net/patent_docs/2008/08/biotechpharma-l., html
All of these entities disclosed that their second quarter lobbying expenses=
 were directed in part at patent reform legislation:
PhRMA,• Pfizer, Inc., (incl. Pfizer, Amgen, Eli Lilly), Amgen Inc., The B=
iotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc., • M=
onsanto Co., Novartis AG, Sanofi-Aventis, Abbott Laboratories, Bristol-Myer=
s Squibb Co., AstraZeneca PLC, Wyeth, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., =
Genentech, Inc.,Schering-Plough Corp.,Cephalon, Inc., The Generic Pharmaceu=
tical Association (GPhA), Endo Pharmaceuticals, Syngenta AG, Biogen Idec In=
c., GSK, Barr, Merck, Abbott, Baxter, BMS, Wyeth, Cephalon and others….
General Electric Co. , Comcast Corp., Microsoft Corp., Dell Inc., Google In=
c., Yahoo Inc., Alcatel-Lucent, eBay Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co. , The Busine=
ss Software Alliance (BSA), (a trade group that includes Microsoft Corp., M=
cAfee Inc., and Hewlett-Packard Co.), Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Cisco Sy=
stems Inc., Adobe Systems Inc. …..
http://www.patentdocs.net/patent_docs/2008/08/biotechpharma-l.html

 
 




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