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August 25, 2005
a patent troll by any other name....
Sometimes you get a sort of zen when reading through your RSS aggregator. Something similar to randomly listening to your iPod and getting opera followed by glam metal from the 80s. It just fits together so well that you smile and think “that’s good”.
This morning these two items were huddled together in one of my FeedDemon watchlists:
- Patent Act of 2005 - *Draft* amendment circulated
There has been no formal action on the Patent Act of 2005 (H.R. 2795) since its initial referral to the House Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. Representative Smith, the original sponsor of the bill, is currently circulating a draft amendment in the form of a substitute. As of today, this amendment (substitute bill) has not been formally introduced. The bill as introduced remains the working form of the bill.
- Myhrvold Claims Patent Problem Is Myth
Not only have fears of a patent crisis been greatly exaggerated, but the U.S. patent system is functioning quite well, Microsoft's former chief technologist said Tuesday. Nathan Myhrvold, now the chief executive of a start-up company that exists to create and license inventions, told a conference here that "before you get worked up about this gigantic problem, you ought to see what the facts are."
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Posted by Douglas Sorocco at 08:03 AM.
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