Administration Seeks Overhaul of Patent System
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The Bush administration wants better information from inventors and to allow public scrutiny of applications.
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High-stakes patent royalties battle enters another round.
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Opponents of legislation that wouldÂ overhaul the U.S. patent system have enlisted new allies who may cause majority Democrats in Congress to rethink their support of the proposals.
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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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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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The goal is to improve the quality of patents, which should curb the rising wave of patent disputes and lawsuits, the director of the government's patent office said.
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Governmental sites need to be revamped so people can find what they need, experts tell a Congressional committee.
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The federal system for approving and regulating drugs is in serious disrepair, and a host of dramatic changes are needed to fix the problem, a blue-ribbon panel of government advisers concluded yesterday in a long-awaited report.
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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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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office publishes Apple patent for "chameleon" cases that change their look.
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Legislation would change procedure to challenge patents and assess damages.
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Legislation designed to overhaul the U.S. patent system was approved by the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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Proposal would set up peer review of patents via wiki before they are submitted to government examiners.
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New legislation would make it harder to obtain a new patent, easier to challenge patents, and less expensive to violate a patent.
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A senior U.S. commerce official said on  Sunday the United States was waiting to see concrete  improvements in the protection of intellectual property rights  (IPR) in China.
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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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In Europe, industry leaders, government officials and others debate whether patents would hinder or cultivate innovation.