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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.
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 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 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 April 18, 2007 Roy Mark	Dems, Republicans Unite on Patent Reform Identical bills introduced in House and Senate to reduce infringement awards and to change Patent Office procedures.
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.
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 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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
IEEE Spectrum November 2007 William Sweet	Keeping Score in the IP Game Quantity and concentration of patents strengthen the case for legislative reform.
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.
Bio-IT World June 17, 2004 Cathryn Campbell	Patent Plaintiff Perils Suing for patent infringement may seem rewarding, but you could lose even more.
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 April 1, 2008 Kenneth Corbin	Is Patent Reform Fight Almost Over? Many in the tech industry support sweeping patent reform effort.
InternetNews February 16, 2007 Roy Mark	Patent Reform: Beware of Unintended Consequences Is it fair to patent software?
InternetNews September 19, 2007 Caron Carlson	Same Patent Fight, New Patent Challenges NTP finds itself back in the patent-litigation spotlight, except it might not be as bright.
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.
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.
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.
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.
InternetNews January 11, 2011	Judiciary Chair Planning IP, Privacy Bills As the Senate Judiciary Committee gets rolling in the new session of Congress, Chairman Patrick Leahy offers details of an ambitious agenda that will tackle several key tech issues.
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 January 30, 2007 Roy Mark	Second Look For Dynamic Web Patents The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will review two patents held by EpicRealm, a Texas firm that has filed a number of infringement lawsuits against companies employing dynamic Web technology.
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 September 30, 2004 Roy Mark	Senate Panel Delays Induce Act Vote Again Controversial legislation directed at P2P copyright infringement stalls for third consecutive week.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
IndustryWeek October 1, 2007 Jill Jusko	Patent Protection Your valuable intellectual property requires keen oversight. To help keep it safe, consider these actions.
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.
CIO August 15, 2005 Ben Worthen	Patent Law Changes Pending A law changing the basis for awarding patents from the party that can prove they invented something first to the party that applied for the patent first has wide, bipartisan support. Companies would have to act quickly to protect inventions.
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.
InternetNews September 22, 2010	Senate Ponders Update of Electronic Privacy Act Twenty four years after the passage of the ECPA, much has changed in the way companies and governments collect, store and share electronic data.
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.
InternetNews September 29, 2009	Judge Overturns Uniloc Verdict and $388M Fine Microsoft could win the equivalent of a damages trifecta across several cases if its luck keeps up.
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.
InternetNews September 22, 2005 Roy Mark	Roberts Vote Could Stall Data Privacy Law Judiciary Committee may vote today on mandating national breach disclosure law.
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InternetNews September 28, 2004 Roy Mark	New Induce Act Prompts Old Complaints Critics claim the bill will open digital music player makers to copyright infringement liability.