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PTO's Annual Report Reveals Declining Revenue and Application Numbers
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| The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's
| fiscal year 2009 annual report indicates
| declining revenue and patent filings.
| Notably, there was both a dip in the
| backlog of patent applications and an
| increase in the time it takes for the
| agency to issue a patent. Some lawyers
| believe the former can be attributed in
| part to applicants abandoning applications
| because of the economic downturn.
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| The report, which the agency recently
| released without fanfare, detailed the
| agency's $135.9 million budget shortfall,
| or 6.8 percent of its $2.01 billion
| forecasted revenue. Fee collections totaled
| $1.87 billion.
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http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202436270126&PTOs_Annual_Report_Reveals_Declining_Revenue_and_Application_Numbers
Predicted 2009 Patent Application Filings
http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/
Not enough to make a Kat laugh ...
http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2009/09/not-enough-to-make-kat-laugh.html
Recent:
Google and MS sued over links to file-sharing site
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| Mini music label Blue Destiny Records has
| sued both Google and Microsoft for allegedly
| "facilitating and enabling" the illegal
| distribution of copyrighted songs.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/09/blue_destiny_suit_against_google_and_microsoft/
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