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Intellectual Property

Dec. 28, 2013

Deja vu for patent law this year

Smartphone giants Apple and Samsung went toe-to-toe in another San Jose-based trial, while lawmakers once again labored to craft major patent legislation.


By Kevin Lee


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Patent law developments in 2013 had a whiff of deja vu: smartphone giants Apple and Samsung went toe-to-toe in another San Jose-based trial, while lawmakers once again labored to craft landmark legislation with big implications for the technology community.


The multi-front "smartphone wars" and the federal government's efforts to curb patent holding companies were among the year's major...

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