Govt issues ordinance to amend Patent Act
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Brushing aside opposition from the Left parties and racing against time to fulfill WTO obligations, Government on Sunday issued an ordinance to amend the Patent Act to put in place a patent product regime after January 1, 2005.
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U.S. technology vendors submitted five patent applications for last Friday's launch of a Web site that allows the public to review proposals before patents are granted. Less than a week later, the public had submitted claims of previous inventions that could invalidate each one.
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U.S. lawmakers returning from their summer break are expected to consider patent law changes that have pitted two of America's most invention-dependent industries against each other.
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The government is about to start opening up the process of reviewing patents to the modern font of wisdom: the Internet.
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The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the LG Electronics and Quanta lawsuit will have an impact on patent holders' rights.
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The House Committee on the Judiciary approved far-reaching legislation to reform the nation's patent system Wednesday.
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Lawmakers are talking about rewriting the eight-year-old landmark law governing the nation's telephone, cable and media businesses.
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Industry organizations see opposition to patent reform legislation and step up the debate.
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Government officials, advocacy groups and tech execs gathering at this week's Tech Policy Summit bring a number of issues to the table, but one's rising to the top -- the need for patent reform.
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A law comes into force in India changing the name of the federal territory of Pondicherry to Puducherry.
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The initiative is evidence that U.S. companies and universities are searching for ways to be less hampered by legal wrangling about who holds the patents to research.
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NEW DELHI: India brought into effect key changes to its patent law on Monday to cover a range of products from drugs and chemicals to mobile phone and computer software, in line with commitments to the WTO.
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By Matt Birkbeck, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Sep. 9--Two months after passing an immigration law that's become the focus of a national debate, Hazleton City Council on Friday gave initial approval to a revamped ordinance designed to survive court challenges.
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I.B.M., the nationÂs largest patent holder, will publish its patent filings on the Web for public review as part of a new policy.
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Import injunction sought while patent violation case pends
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California voters will decide next week whether to amend a New Deal-era law giving consumers the power to file suit over unfair business practices, a statute that has been used to target businesses from Philip Morris to Microsoft Corp.
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As debate on patent reform began this morning on the floor of the US House of Representatives, twelve amendments made their way through the Rules Committee, all of which appear to be designed to tweak the bill's language rather than insert any "poison pills" that would ensure its failure.