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April 07, 2008

phosita ::: quick links for 2008-04-07

• Love, Pending: "Ellie, if you will marry me..."
  An interesting published patent application - including a means for making a marriage proposal.
  (tags: patent proposal love)


• PC World - Bush Administration Speaks Against Patent Overhaul
  U.S. Senate negotiators are getting closer to hammering out disagreements that are holding up a patent system overhaul, but President George Bush's administration still has concerns about the bill, an administration official said Friday.
  (tags: patent reform)


• PC World - Jury Orders Microsoft to Pay Alcatel-Lucent $367 Million
  As a tablet PC owner and enthusiast - interesting to know that there is a potential patent portfolio that may require licensing by Microsoft.
  (tags: patent litigation tabletpc)


• ACLU Introduces First Amendment Argument In Key Patent Law Case
  ACLU filed a friend of the court brief urging CAFC to uphold the denial of a patent they claim would violate freedom of speech. ACLU argues that the inventor is seeking a patent for an abstract idea that is not patentable under the First Amendment.
  (tags: aclu patent bilski statutorysubjectmatter)


• Lawsuit Claim: Students' Lecture Notes Infringe on Professor's Copyright
  University of Florida professor Michael Moulton thinks copyright law protects the lectures he gives to his students, and he's headed to court to prove it.
  (tags: copyright lecture)

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