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Title: Letter from Jack Brooks and Laurence Curtis to the House of Representatives, March 5, 1956
Identifier: camh-dob-001473
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012, Curtis, Laurence
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Dates: 1956-03-05
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Jack Brooks and Representative Laurence Curtis ask their colleagues to support a proposed amendment to eliminate provisions to a patent extension bill. The provisions would allow patents to extend beyond 17 years in instances in which patent owners were effected by World War II and the Korean War. Both congressmen were veterans of World War II. Brooks, a Democrat, had served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the war. Curtis, a Republican, was a Navy veteran who had lost his leg in an aviation training crash. They explain that the provision would unfairly favor patent holders above others and cause unnecessary administrative expenses to the Patent Office.

Title: Letter from Laurence Curtis to Jack Brooks, February 28, 1956
Identifier: camh-dob-001475
Creator: Curtis, Laurence
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Dates: 1956-02-28
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Representative Laurence Curtis writes to Jack Brooks about the steps they must take to fight provisions to a patent extension bill would allow patents to extend beyond 17 years in instances in which patent owners were effected by World War II or the Korean War. He goes into detail regarding the various ways that they can publicize their opinions within Congress.

Title: Letter from Laurence Curtis to Jack Brooks, March 19, 1956
Identifier: camh-dob-001476
Creator: Curtis, Laurence
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Dates: 1956-03-19
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Representative Laurence Curtis, a Republican, compliments Jack Brooks on a letter he wrote regarding their joint opposition of provisions to a patent extension bill. He also discusses the differences between the Republicans Curtis reached out to and the Democrats Brooks reached out to while they were lobbying for their proposed changes.

Title: Letter from Laurence Curtis to John McCormack, March 1, 1956
Identifier: camh-dob-001474
Creator: Curtis, Laurence
Contributor: McCormack, John W., 1891-1980
Topic: United States. Congress. House, Legislation
Dates: 1956-03-01
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Representative Laurence Curtis writes to John McCormack, the House Majority Leader, asking him to hold off on bringing a patent extension bill to the House floor until later in the week. He explains that he and Jack Brooks plan on fighting aspects of the bill and that they would appreciate having some time to prepare their arguments.