NEWS ADVISORY: EMC To Testify Before Senate Judiciary Committee About The Effects of Abusive Patent Litigation

HOPKINTON, Mass., March 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- 

WHO: Krish Gupta, Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel at EMC

WHAT: Testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on "The Impact of Abusive Patent Litigation Practices on the American Economy"

WHERE: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 226

WHEN: 10:00 a.m. ET, March 18, 2015

EMC Corporation EMC today announced that at 10:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday, March 18, 2015, Krish Gupta, SVP and Deputy General Counsel at EMC, will testify at a hearing before the Unites States Senate, Committee on the Judiciary, on a panel of invited experts. The hearing will examine "The Impact of Abusive Patent Litigation Practices on the American Economy." Just last month, Gupta testified on this matter as part of an invited panel before the United States House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

"Abusive patent litigation is causing billions of dollars in misdirected litigation spending and threatens to undermine the very reason for which the patent system was created – to provide the incentives and protections necessary for innovators to invest in the next new technology that will benefit the American consumer and economy.  EMC urges Congress to pass thoughtful legislation that restores balance and strengthens our patent system so that it can continue to serve as a catalyst for innovation."

Testimony Details
Panel testimony will take place at 10:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday, March 18 at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in room 226. A live stream of the hearing will be available through the Senate Judiciary Committee website. As of the distribution of this media alert, plans for live broadcast coverage are being finalized, which may include C-SPAN.

About EMC
EMC Corporation is a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service. Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing. Through innovative products and services, EMC accelerates the journey to cloud computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyze their most valuable asset – information – in a more agile, trusted and cost-efficient way. Additional information about EMC can be found at www.EMC.com.

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