Intellectual Property
Jul. 18, 2014
The multi-front war on patents
All three branches of the U.S. government have attacked the patent system in the past year. By Peter J. Toren
All three branches of the U.S. government have attacked the patent system in the past year: Congress is considering amending patent law to curtail litigation by nonpracticing entities - or "patent trolls," as they're pejoratively known - even though their impact on the patent system is open to debate; President Barack Obama has compared patent trolls to extortionists; and the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against patent owners in five c...
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