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(Related pages on {{SITENAME}}: * Calculating infringement damages in the USA - the reform aims to change damages)
(External links: * Not sure this is relevant: [http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/05/conyers-patent-talks-appear-st.php Conyers: Patent Talks Appear 'Stalled'], May 5<sup>th</sup> 2010)
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* [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/policy/2005/09/16/patent-reform-bill.html 2005 interview] with [[Mark Webbink]]
 
* [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/policy/2005/09/16/patent-reform-bill.html 2005 interview] with [[Mark Webbink]]
 
* A campaign generally supporting the proposed reforms: http://www.patentfairness.org/
 
* A campaign generally supporting the proposed reforms: http://www.patentfairness.org/
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* Not sure this is relevant: [http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/05/conyers-patent-talks-appear-st.php
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Conyers: Patent Talks Appear 'Stalled'], May 5<sup>th</sup> 2010
  
 
===Senate committee hearings===
 
===Senate committee hearings===

Revision as of 12:06, 14 June 2010

In the USA, The Patent Reform Act is legislation that was proposed in 2007. It was rejected in the Senate in 2008 but discussions began again in 2009 and continued in 2010.

This proposal does not deliver the real reform we need - it would not end or even reduce the granting of software patents by the USPTO. We need to change what can be patented - what areas are "patentable subject matter", to have software removed. This reform might reduce the problem of patent trolls, but won't have any effect on the harm to standards or on MPEG video formats.

Related pages on ESP Wiki

External links

Conyers: Patent Talks Appear 'Stalled'], May 5th 2010

Senate committee hearings