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  Google: US patent system ‘over-rewards’ ideas while taxing the ‘hard part’ of innovation

  By Adrianne Jeffries on February 27, 2013 05:23 pm + 66 comments

  The current patent system "over-rewards" the easy part of innovation — coming up with an idea — Continue reading…

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  Patent Office asks the public for advice on software patents

  By Matt Macari on January 4, 2013 01:00 pm + 216 comments

  In an announcement yesterday in the Federal Register the US Patent and Trademark Office invited the Continue reading…

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  Jury: Samsung willfully infringed Apple's software patents, Apple didn't infringe Samsung's

  By Chris Ziegler on August 24, 2012 06:42 pm + 247 comments

  The first verdicts out of Apple vs. Samsung are in, covering claims 19, 8, and 50 of the '381, '915, Continue reading…

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  US Supreme Court takes on broad software and method patents, sort of

  By Matt Macari on May 23, 2012 11:29 am + 21 comments

  What does it take to transform an abstract idea into patentable subject matter? How much do you have Continue reading…