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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.
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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 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 3, 2006 Roy Mark	Trolling for Patents Patent infringement claims are easy to make and difficult to disprove.
IEEE Spectrum November 2007 William Sweet	Keeping Score in the IP Game Quantity and concentration of patents strengthen the case for legislative reform.
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 4, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Third Time the Charm for Patent Reform? Bipartisan group of lawmakers trying again on patent reform, but opposition remains strong.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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Information Today September 6, 2012 Paula J. Hane	Apple-Samsung Case Highlights America's Troubled Patent System The jury finding in this case has triggered an onslaught of commentary and has also brought up many questions about the nature of the U.S. patent system. The comments have ranged from "software patents are evil" to the U.S. has a "broken patent system."
Bank Technology News May 2010 Rebecca Sausner	Patent Cases and Reform Bedevil Banks Perpetual litigant Data Treasury's recent $27 million patent infringement verdict against US Bank, Viewpointe and other codefendants marks the latest spanking the banking industry has taken in patent cases.
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.
IEEE Spectrum March 2006 Kirk Teska	The Story Behind the BlackBerry Case A single filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 1991 has caused one of the largest patent disputes in recent memory, threatening to sever more than 3 million BlackBerry subscribers from their wireless e-mail service.
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.
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.
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InternetNews March 13, 2006 Roy Mark	Feds Side Against eBay in Patent Case The United States government is siding with a Virginia patent holder that eBay willfully infringed on its patents and should be barred from using its popular "Buy It Now" feature, which allows a buyer to purchase an item at a set price.
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