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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 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 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 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 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.
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IndustryWeek December 1, 2008 Jill Jusko	Litigation Nation: By the Numbers Patent infringement claims bedevil manufacturers, survey finds.
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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.
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 3, 2009	Microsoft: Can't Our Patent Systems Get Along? Senior Microsoft legal eagle advocates "harmonization" of patent systems worldwide in blog post.
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.
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InternetNews April 1, 2008 Kenneth Corbin	Is Patent Reform Fight Almost Over? Many in the tech industry support sweeping patent reform effort.
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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.
Bio-IT World June 17, 2004 Cathryn Campbell	Patent Plaintiff Perils Suing for patent infringement may seem rewarding, but you could lose even more.
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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.
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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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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.
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