Conyers To Abolish IP Subcommittee

More proof that the 2008 election is bringing major changes to Congress, not just the White House. House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) will apparently abolish the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property in the new Congress and instead keep intellectual property issues at the full committee level. A Subcommittee on Courts and Antitrust will be created, but no other subcommittee changes are expected. The IP Subcommittee is currently chaired by Rep Howard Berman (D-CA) who plans to chair the House Foreign Affairs Committee in the coming session.