____/ Mark Kent on Saturday 03 November 2007 10:35 : \____
> [H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Controversial New Patent Rules Blocked
>>
>> .----
>>| The new patent rules, which were criticized as stifling American
>>| innovation by limiting the scope of patent protection to inventors,
>>| were set to go into effect on November 1, 2007. On the eve of the
>>| rules' implementation, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern
>>| District of Virginia, pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline won a
>>| preliminary injunction against the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
>>| ("PTO"), temporarily blocking the enactment of the new patent
>>| rules. The patent rules were largely criticized in solicited
>>| commentary to the PTO because the new rules would increase the cost
>>| of seeking patent protection and limit the rights of applicants.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/11/prweb566214.htm
>>
>> GlaxoSmithKline is another member of the old-boys crime syndicate.
>>
>
> There are several aspects to this problem. This is one, the
> "accidental" patenting of software is another.
Wall builders.
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