Hopes fade for EU patents reform initiative
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| A long-running campaign to set up an efficient, pan-European patent
| regime is in danger of collapse, Charlie McCreevy, the European
| Union internal market commissioner, said on Tuesday.
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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/121cf59e-8481-11db-87e0-0000779e2340.html
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Supreme court appears to favor abolition of key patent standard
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| Hearing a case that could have profound implications for the
| technology industry, U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared to be
| taking a skeptical view of lower court decisions that have worked
| to safeguard patented products from claims that their invention was
| obvious and not worthy of legal protection.
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http://www.embedded.com/rss/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196600524
High Court Skeptical of Patent Standards
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| Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism Tuesday about the current
| legal standard for granting patents and signaled a willingness tom
| ake patents harder to obtain.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/061128/scotus_patent_case.html?.v=1
Supreme Court weighs 'obviousness' of patents
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| U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared to take issue with
| the current legal standard for granting patents, which many
| high-tech firms claim is ineffective at weeding out inventions
| that should be obvious.
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http://news.com.com/2100-1014_3-6138969.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
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