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InternetNews January 10, 2006 Clint Boulton	USPTO Joins Patent Quality Cause The United States Patent and Trademark Office teams with IBM and the OSDL to improve the way patents are constructed and issued in the U.S.
IEEE Spectrum February 2006 Lee A. Hollaar	Patents 2.0 There are big problems with patents, especially software patents. A new type of patent is needed -- Congress should create a new, limited protection that protects against knockoffs without overreaching.
CIO January 1, 2003 Christopher Koch	Patently Stupid? It's not clear at the start of 2003 whether the software patent frenzy will cause innovation to flower or be trampled.
Wall Street & Technology September 19, 2006 Paul Allen	Patent Processing For both the patent holders and potential transgressors, technology patents can be a high-stakes game in the financial world, in both monetary awards and ongoing business feasibility.
InternetNews May 20, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	A Primer on Software Patents A closer look at software patents and at their history and implications for IT.
IndustryWeek February 17, 2010 Jill Jusko	U.S. Patents, International Flavor IBM grabs top spot in 2009 patent rankings, but foreign firms receive more than half.
IndustryWeek October 1, 2007 Jill Jusko	Patent Protection Your valuable intellectual property requires keen oversight. To help keep it safe, consider these actions.
Chemistry World January 26, 2009 Jia & Yuan	China pushes for higher quality patents In an effort to boost the quality of patent applications, and encourage Chinese firms to obtain international patents, China has revised its patent law.
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.
InternetNews January 11, 2005 Jim Wagner	IBM Pledges Patents to Open Source IBM said Tuesday it is pledging 500 software patents to developers of open source software so they can develop without fear. The patents are available to those who abide by the Open Source Initiative (OSI) and use one of 50 OSI-certified licenses.
Information Today October 16, 2006 K. Matthew Dames	The Patent System on Tilt: IBM Seeks to Change the Game IBM wants to change the way the patent system works, holding itself out as an exemplar of openness.
The Motley Fool August 31, 2011 John Grgurich	How the Patent Wars Are Hurting High-Tech Well-intentioned patent laws are threatening to stifle innovation.
The Motley Fool September 28, 2006 Jack Uldrich	IBM's Patently Good Idea Big Blue's decision to open patents to public scrutiny could spur innovation.
CIO September 28, 2012	Are Patents the Secret to Competitive Advantage in IT? Our editor in chief Maryfran Johnson weighs in on the importance of seeking patents for IT innovation when it comes to maintaining a competitive edge and driving new business.
The Motley Fool March 25, 2011 Travis Hoium	Schweitzer-Mauduit International Shares Plunged: What You Need to Know Shares of Schweitzer-Mauduit fell 10% today when the company announced one of its patents had been "rejected."
InternetNews September 27, 2006 Michael Hickins	IBM Pushes New Patent Policies Patent reform may be on the way, but IBM has decided to change the system on its own and is leading by example.
IndustryWeek March 1, 2009 Jill Jusko	IBM Remains Atop the Patent List For the 16th consecutive year, high-tech giant IBM Corp. has nabbed the top spot for the number of patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, but U.S. slips in global patent dominance.
BusinessWeek January 13, 2010 Steve LeVine	IBM May Not Be the Patent King After All IBM wins more U.S. patents than any other company, but Microsoft's are worth much more money, says a new study.
Inc. July 24, 2002 Jennifer A. Redmond	Strategic Patenting What to consider when you're filing a patent and strategic decisions you'll need to make.
The Motley Fool July 28, 2010 Selena Maranjian	IBM's Secret Weapon For Big Blue, invention is the mother of revenue.
CIO September 28, 2011 Grant Gross	Controversial Business-Method Patents Face New Attacks A new law revamps the patent system and gives rivals an eight-year window to challenge IT-related patents in the financial-services industry.
InternetNews October 21, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	EU Patent Fight Comes to the Fore An effort to stop software patents in the European Union got a boost this week with the launch of NoSoftwarePatents.com. Red Hat and MySQL AB are among the high-profile open source companies backing the effort.
CIO September 28, 2012 Kim S. Nash	Companies Race to the Patent Office to Protect Their IT Breakthroughs There's a patent gold rush under way as savvy companies seek to lock in the competitive advantage from their IT innovations. CIOs ought to seek patents for unique business methods and other inventions made possible by new technology.
InternetNews November 5, 2004 Jim Wagner	For Innovation's Sake Although today's raft of companies suing other companies over intellectual property rights may give the impression that creative thought is getting muzzled, many industry experts agree that software innovation is alive and well.
Information Today August 3, 2009	Thomson Reuters Introduces New IP Offering for Law Firms This new offering pairs the authoritative legal content of Westlaw with the rich patent research capabilities of Thomson Innovation. It is designed to help legal professionals work smarter and more efficiently across the patent workflow-from patent prosecution to litigation.
The Motley Fool November 1, 2005 Rich Duprey	Patents Flatter Color Kinetics The LED lighting provider has a record quarter and says recent rulings will help in future quarters. In spite of competitor complaints, solid-state lighting appears to be a growth industry with lots of potential, and this company appears to be leading the way.
The Motley Fool September 21, 2011 Anders Bylund	Riddle Me This: Do Patent Trolls Create Wealth or Destroy It? Patent trolls destroy more wealth than they create, says a new study. It should come as no surprise that 62% of the wealth-destroying lawsuits are brought on software patents, while only 2% involve chemicals or drugs.
InternetNews July 31, 2007 Larry Barrett	RealNetworks Case Highlights Sea-Change In Patent Law Supreme Court ruling puts patent trolls on notice.
The Motley Fool September 17, 2011	What's Fueling the Tech Patent Bull Market? As companies amass patents to sue each other, is it time for the patent system to be reformed?
The Motley Fool August 30, 2010 Eric Bleeker	Paul Allen Sues Everyone (Except Microsoft) Paul Allen's patent suit underscores a troubling trend that could stifle innovation.
Information Today April 2005 George H. Pike	Patenting the Internet The role of Internet patents has come into question as a number of patents have been issued to cover routine Internet practice such as media streaming.
InternetNews March 22, 2010	Microsoft Rules the Software Patents Hill Again In the annual race to win as many patents as possible, Microsoft ends up in front at least in the software category. So how valuable are those patents to a company the size of Microsoft?
CIO August 1, 2003 Lawrence Rosen	Patents: An Expensive Tax on the CIO Software patents cost you money. Like taxes, they skim from your profit margins, but in this case the fees go to pay for other companies' intellectual property.
Chemistry World October 2006	Head to Head For: Patents protect inventions by giving the owner of the patent the right to stop anyone from making or using the invention without the owner's permission... Against: Patents are a menace...
Chemistry World January 17, 2013 Simon Hadlington	Nanotech patent jungle set to become denser in 2013 As we welcome in 2013, will nanotechnology continue to dominate many of the scientific headlines in the coming year, just as it has done over the past decade?
InternetNews January 11, 2007 Clint Boulton	IBM Leads 2006 Patent Hike IBM banks 3,651 patents as the industry sees a better than 20 percent upswing in patent grants over 2005.
InternetNews September 8, 2009	Linux Group Grabs Microsoft Patents: Report The Wall Street Journal reported this AM that the Open Invention Network was in the process of acquiring former Microsoft patents in a bid to help protect open source users.
CIO August 1, 2003 Mark Radcliffe	Patents: A Small Price to Pay for Progress For CIOs, the issue is not whether patents should be granted for software but whether anything can be done to improve the quality of the granted patents. The problem relates more to the examining process in the USPTO than to the appropriateness of patents for software.
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.
IndustryWeek August 1, 2006	Patents: Eleven Issues To Consider... How patent savvy are you?
InternetNews March 5, 2007 Roy Mark	The 'Wikifying' of Software Patents Utilizing social networking tools, a Patent and Trademark Office pilot program aims to speed applications and better inform patent examiners.
PC Magazine August 29, 2007	Cell Phones That Shouldn't Be Comb through the archives of the U.S. Patent Office and you will find some truly bizarre and hilarious inventions that never made it to the market.
Information Today March 24, 2003 Nancy Lambert	Thomson Opens Its Patent Store This service plans to provide a truly comprehensive patent document delivery service, with one-stop shopping for virtually all patents from any time period, anywhere in the world, and to provide it via high-speed Web access.
Fast Company January 9, 2012 Rachel Z. Arndt	Patents By The Numbers: Average Wait Time Is Going Down, But Trolls Still Cost Us $80 Billion A Year Starting last fall and stretching through mid-2013, the U.S. has been overhauling the patent-approval process for the first time since 1952.
IEEE Spectrum March 2007 Steven Rubin	Hooray for the Patent Troll! Patent owners who are often accused of being patent trolls are acting within the law. There is nothing wrong either with them or the law. Far from stifling innovation, trolls foster it. By creating market liquidity, "patent trolls" provide a valuable service to inventors.
Salon.com October 23, 2000 Damien Cave	Who ya gonna call? Patent busters! BountyQuest CEO Charles Cella explains why his Web site is offering cash to patent destroyers...
InternetNews April 20, 2011	Novell Patent Deal Adjusted by Dept. of Justice From the blogs: U.S. Department of Justice wades into Novell patent sale to protect the open source market.
InternetNews September 1, 2006 Susan Kuchinskas	Patents Become a 'Social' Problem Social media - photos, blogs, networks and tags - is all about sharing. But social media startups don't want to share their intellectual property. Instead, they're heading to the patent office.
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.