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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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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 June 6, 2007 Roy Mark	A Tech Difference on Patent Reform? InterDigital tells Congress that Microsoft and other large tech companies are only interested in reducing liability for infringement.
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.
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 February 1, 2007 Roy Mark	Quality Checking Patent Reform Longtime allies Berman and Boucher team on the Patents Depend on Quality Act of 2006.
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.
Pharmaceutical Executive August 1, 2005 Jill Wechsler	Washington Report: Treating Patents It may seem unusual that a court ruling challenging patent protections is considered a victory for Big Pharma. But the decision was supported by pharmaceutical companies, along with the Justice Department, as a way to spur biomedical research and new-drug development.
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.
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 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.
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."
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.
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.
Chemistry World March 6, 2015 Rebecca Trager	US universities back new bill to curb patent trolls The academic research community is endorsing new legislation to clamp down on so-called patent trolling, introduced by Senator Chris Coons and several Democratic colleagues.
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.
InternetNews February 16, 2007 Roy Mark	Patent Reform: Beware of Unintended Consequences Is it fair to patent software?
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.
Inc. March 2004 Lora Kolodny	Bad Patent Reform Pending patent reform could leave entrepreneurs unprotected.
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.
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.
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.
Bio-IT World June 17, 2004 Cathryn Campbell	Patent Plaintiff Perils Suing for patent infringement may seem rewarding, but you could lose even more.
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 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.
IndustryWeek October 1, 2007 Jill Jusko	Patent Protection Your valuable intellectual property requires keen oversight. To help keep it safe, consider these actions.
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.
IEEE Spectrum November 2007 William Sweet	Keeping Score in the IP Game Quantity and concentration of patents strengthen the case for legislative reform.
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.
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?
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
Bank Technology News March 2001 John Hackett	In Pursuit of Patents Bankers and their suppliers fear fallout from an over-burdened Patent and Trade Office...
Popular Mechanics December 9, 2009 Erik Sofge	Inventors Slam Patent Reform Effort Some of America's most prolific inventors say the changes in patent law could seriously impair the culture of innovation that has long driven prosperity in this country.
IEEE Spectrum June 2007 Suhas Sreedhar	Peer Review Starts for Software Patent Applications Hoping to curtail the orgy of tech-industry litigation, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently launched an Internet-based peer-review program whereby anyone can help to evaluate a number of software patent applications voluntarily submitted for public evaluation.
BusinessWeek May 14, 2007 Michael Orey	A Higher Hurdle For Inventors Has it become too easy to win and defend patents? The Supreme Court says yes.
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 November 16, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	PubPat Claims 'Prior Art' on JPEG Patent The Public Patent Foundation is asking the U.S. Patent office to take another look at the data compression format.