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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.
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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.
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.
The Motley Fool April 26, 2005 Dave Mock	The Lowdown on Patent Shakedowns The business of extorting license fees for patents can be very lucrative -- and damaging. It is important for investors to understand how the companies they own utilize and protect their inventions -- and what approach management has taken to deal with intellectual property disputes.
InternetNews April 1, 2008 Kenneth Corbin	Is Patent Reform Fight Almost Over? Many in the tech industry support sweeping patent reform effort.
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.
InternetNews March 3, 2006 Roy Mark	Trolling for Patents Patent infringement claims are easy to make and difficult to disprove.
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 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 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 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 February 1, 2007 Roy Mark	Quality Checking Patent Reform Longtime allies Berman and Boucher team on the Patents Depend on Quality Act of 2006.
The Motley Fool May 17, 2006 Rich Duprey	A Patently Offensive Ruling? eBay vs. MercExchange was the wrong ruling in the right case. Rather than balancing the power between "patent trolls" and innovation, this ruling could end up tipping the scales against small-time inventors who lack the resources to challenge corporations that usurp a patent's advancements.
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 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.
Bio-IT World June 17, 2004 Cathryn Campbell	Patent Plaintiff Perils Suing for patent infringement may seem rewarding, but you could lose even more.
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.
Bank Technology News April 2006 Glen Fest	Patently Unaware Bankers breathing easier because their Blackberry still work have no cause for relief over patent disputes in their industry. Intellectual property litigation is a booming business against financial institutions.
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.
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 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.
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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.
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 November 11, 2010	Motorola Hits Back in Microsoft Patent Spat Like clockwork, Motorola answer's Microsoft's patent lawsuit with a countersuit charging infringement of 16 patents across many of the software giant's product lines.
The Motley Fool February 13, 2008 Stephen Albainy-Jenei	One Privileged Position Biomedical Patent Management sued the California Department of Health Services, claiming patent infringement, but the State of California can claim immunity from patent suits.
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.
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.
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.
PC Magazine April 6, 2005 John C. Dvorak	Software Patents: Microsoft's Fatal Error Microsoft's has a lot to worry about as the European Union looks unfavorably on its hidden source code and patent practices.
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.
Bank Technology News January 2004 Karen Krebsbach	Bight Ideas Financial services firms are deluging the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office with applications, which soared 15-fold between 1995 and 2002. Patent attorney Dale Lazar urges banks to get in line: converting valuable ideas into assets can pay off big time.
The Motley Fool January 31, 2008 Dave Mock	Have Patent, Will Sue As reforms and regulation slowly trickle in, the telecom industry is still subject to patent abuse.
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.
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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.
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IEEE Spectrum November 2007 William Sweet	Keeping Score in the IP Game Quantity and concentration of patents strengthen the case for legislative reform.
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.
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