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Should A Toy Plane Get More Intellectual Property Protection Than A Real Plane?
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| However, as Ray Dowd at the Copyright
| Litigation blog points out, this creates a
| bizarre situation where the inventor of an
| actual airplane might only get 20 years
| protection via a patent... but the maker of
| a toy knockoff of that real airplane?
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http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100506/0206589317.shtml
Conyers: Patent Talks Appear 'Stalled'
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| House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers, D-
| Mich., said Wednesday that talks on
| addressing concerns he and other House
| Judiciary members have raised about a
| Senate compromise patent overhaul bill
| appear to be "stalled."
|
| The patent bill "seems to be stalled
| somewhere between the House and Senate,"
| Conyers said during a hearing on the Patent
| and Trademark Office. He said after the
| hearing that he and ranking member Lamar
| Smith, R-Texas, and Judiciary members are
| considering offering a standalone bill on
| one of the less controversial provisions in
| the Senate compromise to allow the PTO to
| set its own fees and to bar Congress from
| diverting fee revenues to other government
| programs.
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http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/05/conyers-patent-talks-appear-st.php
Patent Reform Bill May Have Stalled Out
http://techdirt.com/articles/20100506/0256349319.shtml
Recent:
Patent Resources Groupâs Unique Panel Discussion on Reforming or Abolishing the U.S. Patent System Is Coming Soon
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| Patent Resources Group (PRG), the nationâs
| leading patent educator, will be hosting a
| panel discussion on âThe Future of U.S.
| Patent Lawâ on June 11, 2010 in Washington,
| DC. This in-depth, one-day event, offered in
| partnership with Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
| PC, will bring together some of the best
| minds in intellectual property to inform,
| discuss, and debate the future of U.S.
| patent law. The one-of-a-kind program will
| include brief lectures, lively panel
| discussions, and audience participation.
|
| Major topics will include:
|
| * U.S. patent reform
| * Latest developments at, and tensions
| between, the U.S. Supreme Court and the
| U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal
| Circuit
| * Approaches to improve pendency and
| efficiency at the USPTO
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http://networkedblogs.com/2RBb1
Seven Patent Reforms While We Wait For Nirvana
http://webmink.com/2010/04/14/seven-patent-reforms-while-we-wait-for-nirvana/
Amazon 1-Click Patent Survives Almost Unscathed
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| Zordak writes "Amazon's infamous '1-click'
| patent has been in reexamination at the
| USPTO for almost four years. Patently-O now
| reports that 'the USPTO confirmed the
| patentability of original claims 6-10 and
| amended claims 1-5 and 11-26. The approved-
| of amendment adds the seeming trivial
| limitation that the one-click system
| operates as part of a 'shopping cart model.'
| Thus, to infringe the new version of the
| patent, an eCommerce retailer must use a
| shopping cart model (presumably non-1-click)
| alongside of the 1-click version. Because
| most retail eCommerce sites still use the
| shopping cart model, the added limitation
| appears to have no practical impact on the
| patent scope.'"
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http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/03/10/1950246/Amazon-1-Click-Patent-Survives-Almost-Unscathed
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