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| − | 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.
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| − | 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]].
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| − | It is generally proposed to change the USA's granting system from [[first-to-invent]] to first-to-file, like the rest of the world.
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| − | ==Related pages on {{SITENAME}}==
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| − | * [[2008 State of Software Patents]], Section III discusses Congress and The Patent Reform Act
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| − | * [[Raising examination standards]]
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| − | * [[Legislation in the USA]]
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| − | * [[Calculating infringement damages in the USA]] - the reform aims to change damages
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| − | * [[First-to-file or first-to-invent]]
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| − | ==External links==
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| − | * ESP: [http://endsoftpatents.org/the-patent-reform-act The Patent Reform Act]
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| − | * [http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2010/03/patent-reform-act-of-2010-an-overview.html Patent Reform Act of 2010: An Overview]
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| − | * March 2009: Slashdot, [http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/04/181234 Lawmakers Take Another Shot At Patent Reform]
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| − | * [http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2009/08/article-interlocutory-appeals-of-claim-construction-in-the-patent-reform-act-of-2009.html Patently-o article about The Patent Reform Act 2009]
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| − | * April 2007: [http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2007/04/new-patent-reform-bill-would-streamline-appeal-process.ars New patent reform bill would streamline appeal process], Ars Technica
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| − | * Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_Reform_Act_of_2007 Patent Reform Act of 2007]
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| − | * http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2007/01/why_microsoft_w.html
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| − | * [http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2005/12/patent_reform.html Patent Reform] Dec 14, 2005
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| − | * [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/policy/2005/09/16/patent-reform-bill.html 2005 interview] with [[Mark Webbink]]
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| − | * 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 Conyers: Patent Talks Appear 'Stalled'], May 5<sup>th</sup> 2010
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| − | * [http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2010/06/ip-experts-question-patent-reform-provisions.html IP Experts Question Patent Reform Provisions], June 15<sup>th</sup> 2010
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| − | ===Senate committee hearings===
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| − | * http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/hearing.cfm?id=3701 (March 10th 2009)
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| − | * http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/hearing.cfm?id=2803 (June 6th 2007)
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