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InternetNews May 22, 2007 Roy Mark |
A Rocky Road to Patent Reform A member of the House Judiciary Committee overseeing the Patent Reform Act of 2007, said he was optimistic "we'll finally pass patent reform this year."  |
InternetNews July 12, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner |
Senate Panel Amends Patent Reform Bill Patent reform in Congress took a tentative step forward today with the Senate Judiciary Committee approving several amendments to the proposed legislation.  |
InternetNews July 19, 2007 Roy Mark |
Patent Reform Bill Moves Forward in U.S. House In a unanimous voice vote, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee this week endorsed patent-reform legislation, which the tech industry has been pushing for decades.  |
InternetNews April 18, 2007 Roy Mark |
Dems, Republicans Unite on Patent Reform Identical bills introduced in House and Senate to reduce infringement awards and to change Patent Office procedures.  |
InternetNews June 12, 2007 Roy Mark |
Republicans Seek Delay in Patent Reform Bill Two days before a scheduled Senate Judiciary Committee markup of the Patent Reform Act of 2007, four Republican members of the panel are seeking a delay in the vote. The lawmakers said the controversial measure deserves further hearings.  |
InternetNews May 17, 2007 Roy Mark |
House Panel Approves Patent Reform Bill Patent reform wobbled out of a U.S. House subcommittee Wednesday afternoon with even those voting for it demanding changes before a full House Judiciary Committee vote.  |
InternetNews July 20, 2007 |
Big Steps For Patent Reform Strongly favored by the technology sector and equally opposed by the biotechnology and manufacturing industries, The Patent Reform Bill of 2007 would represent the first significant changes in patent law in several decades.  |
PC Magazine July 4, 2008 Adam K. Cramer |
Giving Patents an Upgrade Lawsuits are hurting big tech companies, some of which are calling for an overhaul to the patent system.  |
Information Today June 16, 2015 |
SIIA Comments on the Innovation Act The Software & Information Industry Association released a statement applauding the House Committee on the Judiciary's approval of H.R.9, aka the Innovation Act, which is designed to decrease patent infringement lawsuits.  |
InternetNews September 7, 2007 Caron Carlson |
House Passes Major Patent Reform The U.S. House approved legislation today that seeks to overhaul and modernize over 55 years of patent law and address a patent-award system that bi-partisan groups have long argued is broken.  |
InternetNews March 4, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Third Time the Charm for Patent Reform? Bipartisan group of lawmakers trying again on patent reform, but opposition remains strong.  |
Pharmaceutical Executive March 1, 2011 |
A Rule of Thumb Gets Shot Down The Federal Circuit court continues its trend in tightening the standards for establishing patent damages by leapfrogging a stalled legislative process.  |
InternetNews April 1, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
Is Patent Reform Fight Almost Over? Many in the tech industry support sweeping patent reform effort.  |
InternetNews May 13, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
For IT Firms, Patent Reform Is All About Money As battle for patent reform continues on the Hill, tech companies are embroiled in an increasing number of intellectual property disputes, with damages awards all over the map.  |
InternetNews March 9, 2011 |
Senate Approves Sweeping Patent Overhaul Bill By an overwhelming margin, upper chamber clears landmark patent reform bill years in the making, aimed at curbing litigation and improving efficiency at the U.S. PTO.  |
InternetNews March 3, 2006 Roy Mark |
Trolling for Patents Patent infringement claims are easy to make and difficult to disprove.  |
InternetNews February 1, 2007 Roy Mark |
Quality Checking Patent Reform Longtime allies Berman and Boucher team on the Patents Depend on Quality Act of 2006.  |
Information Today September 15, 2011 George H. Pike |
Congress Enacts Patent Reform Legislation In what is being described as the most substantial overhaul of U.S. patent law in nearly 60 years, Congress passed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, patent reform legislation that has been years in the making.  |
InternetNews February 3, 2011 |
Senate Judiciary Clears Patent Reform Bill Panel renews longstanding push to overhaul nation's patent system, with a litany of amendments to appear should the measure receive consideration of the full Senate.  |
InternetNews September 19, 2007 Caron Carlson |
Same Patent Fight, New Patent Challenges NTP finds itself back in the patent-litigation spotlight, except it might not be as bright.  |
InternetNews February 16, 2007 Roy Mark |
Patent Reform: Beware of Unintended Consequences Is it fair to patent software?  |
Information Today July 2, 2013 George H. Pike |
Why Patent Litigation Was on the Upswing in 2012 2012 was a "banner year in patent litigation," with increases in the number of patent infringement lawsuits filed in the federal courts and larger damage awards.  |
BusinessWeek July 9, 2007 Lorraine Woellert |
Look Who's Fighting Patent Reform VCs, trade groups, and universities have taken up the fight against Big Tech's efforts to rewrite U.S. patent law.  |
Bio-IT World June 17, 2004 Cathryn Campbell |
Patent Plaintiff Perils Suing for patent infringement may seem rewarding, but you could lose even more.  |
Bank Systems & Technology May 24, 2007 Maria Bruno-Britz |
Banks Need Patents, Experts Say In light of recent patent litigation, banks must understand the importance of protecting their innovations.  |
InternetNews April 26, 2005 Roy Mark |
Tech Wants Patent 'Trolls' Tamed Intel's top patent attorney urged a Senate panel Monday to crack down on "trolls" who manipulate the patent system for large profits.  |
IEEE Spectrum December 2005 Steven J. Frank |
Patent Reform Cacophy The Patent Reform Act may, in the end, merely contribute another layer of cost, delay, and uncertainty.  |
Information Today May 2006 George H. Pike |
Feature: BlackBerry: Lawsuit and Patent Reform Whether through the courts or before Congress, the BlackBerry experience suggests that some modification of patent law is not only likely, it's necessary.  |
InternetNews January 30, 2007 Roy Mark |
Second Look For Dynamic Web Patents The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will review two patents held by EpicRealm, a Texas firm that has filed a number of infringement lawsuits against companies employing dynamic Web technology.  |
IEEE Spectrum November 2007 William Sweet |
Keeping Score in the IP Game Quantity and concentration of patents strengthen the case for legislative reform.  |
InternetNews January 26, 2011 |
Obama Speech a Boost for Patent Reform? Senator Leahy sees the Obama administration as a key ally in the fight to reform the patent system.  |
The Motley Fool May 16, 2006 Tom Taulli |
A Supreme Mandate on Injunctions A Supreme Court decision sets a landmark precedent on how far patent holders can push tech companies. RIMM-like mega judgments might be a thing of the past. And that's definitely a nice thing for investors in eBay this time, and tech investors overall.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jan/Feb 2015 Lydia Snowden |
2015 Legislative Outlook Will 1031 exchanges survive tax reform?  |
InternetNews September 3, 2009 |
Microsoft: Can't Our Patent Systems Get Along? Senior Microsoft legal eagle advocates "harmonization" of patent systems worldwide in blog post.  |
InternetNews March 10, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas |
Mr. Smith Went to Washington For Patent Reform Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith calls for patent reform at the American Enterprise Institute.  |
InternetNews December 15, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas |
Yahoo Bows to JPEG Patent Forgent rocked the tech industry when it claimed a patent covering JPEGs. It looks like the patent may stick as Yahoo has entered into a patent licensing agreement covering its use of Forgent's data-compression technology.  |
Entrepreneur October 2005 Chris Penttila |
Patent Pending Have an idea for the next big thing? You'll need a patent, but pay attention to big changes in store for U.S. patent law.  |
Chemistry World April 2012 Darren Smyth |
Be Careful What You Wish for The struggle for a single unitary European patent may be close to an end, but we must still hold out for an agreement that performs as it should.  |
IndustryWeek December 1, 2008 Jill Jusko |
Litigation Nation: By the Numbers Patent infringement claims bedevil manufacturers, survey finds.  |
InternetNews November 30, 2010 |
Microsoft's i4i Appeal Headed for Supreme Court Microsoft will get a chance to make its case to the U.S. Supreme Court, appealing the earlier patent infringement decision it lost to i4i.  |
InternetNews June 19, 2009 Christopher Saunders |
Obama Picks IBM Patent Guru to Head USPTO In a move that could place a tech industry insider at the helm of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, President Obama plans to nominate David Kappos, vice president of intellectual property law at IBM, as its next director.  |
Chemistry World March 3, 2015 Rebecca Trager |
US universities warn against patent reform proposals Legislation pending in the US Congress to address so-called patent trolling is crafted too broadly and would damage the flow of discoveries from academia to the private sector.  |
InternetNews June 19, 2006 Andy Patrizio |
Microsoft Loses Another Round in Excel Patent Case A United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a patent infringement verdict against Microsoft from last year, and as Microsoft protests, the bill piles up.  |
The Motley Fool January 31, 2008 Dave Mock |
Have Patent, Will Sue As reforms and regulation slowly trickle in, the telecom industry is still subject to patent abuse.  |
The Motley Fool October 3, 2007 Rich Duprey |
No Patents on Thinking ... Yet Over the years, the U.S. Patent office has patented a few too many ideas. The Supreme Court is now spending more time deciding whether a company has really infringed on a patent, rather than automatically issuing an infringement.  |
InternetNews April 16, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas |
No Obvious Solutions for IT Patent Reform Lack of time and funds plus unclear standards plague the process, said attendees of a UC Berkeley conference.  |
InternetNews March 16, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas |
Patently Unfair? Overworked patent examiners and outdated rules are just two of the reasons critics of some tech patents say the process needs fixing.  |
InternetNews October 12, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner |
Linux Providers Hit With IP Suit First patent lawsuit against Linux charges Novell and Red Hat with infringement.  |
Inc. March 2004 Lora Kolodny |
Bad Patent Reform Pending patent reform could leave entrepreneurs unprotected.  |
InternetNews March 29, 2006 Roy Mark |
eBay Urges High Court to 'Buy It Now' Online auction giant eBay told the Supreme Court today that a permanent injunction against its Buy It Now feature is unnecessary and unwarranted, contending that money damages alone could atone for the company's proven patent infringement.  |