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  Fixing the patent system: government and industry push for reform

  By Jeff Blagdon on June 7, 2013 04:27 am

  In the US it’s estimated that lawsuits from patent assertion entities, commonly called "patent Continue reading…

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  President Obama to take aim at patent trolls with executive actions on Tuesday

  By Jeff Blagdon on June 4, 2013 12:58 am + 244 comments

  President Obama is planning to take executive action against patent trolls, announcing a series of Continue reading…

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  A look at the patent on distributing podcasts, and EFF's plan to fight it

  By Matt Macari on May 31, 2013 10:55 pm + 17 comments

  Much of the public awareness and outrage surrounding patent trolls began a few years back when L Continue reading…

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  Google's solution to software patents: treat them like any other patent

  By Jeff Blagdon on April 17, 2013 04:01 am + 38 comments

  Earlier this week, Google filed comments with the US Patent and Trademark Office, arguing for more Continue reading…

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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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  Apple's 'wearable video device' patent application looks like an iWatch blueprint

  By Vlad Savov on February 21, 2013 05:22 am + 44 comments

  Recent weeks have seen speculation intensify around the idea of an Apple iWatch, and today a patent Continue reading…

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  EFF wants software patents to include working code

  By Nathan Ingraham on February 15, 2013 01:01 pm + 41 comments

  The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has recommended that the US Patent Office require Continue reading…

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  Patent Office, DOJ weigh in on the improper use of standards patents to ban products

  By Matt Macari on January 9, 2013 01:20 pm + 7 comments

  The US Patent and Trademark Office and the US Department of Justice joined the ever-growing debate 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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  Another Apple patent rejected by US Patent Office, but its fate is far from certain

  By Bryan Bishop on December 19, 2012 05:48 pm + 111 comments

  The United States Patent and Trademark Office has rejected several Apple patents in recent months, Continue reading…