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| − | The '''USA''' is the country where there are, by far, the most examples of [[litigation|court cases]] over [[software patents]].
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| − | :''(see [[Legislation in the USA]])''
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| − | ==FTC hearings==
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| − | ''(What happened about this: [http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/11/ipmarketplace.shtm FTC hearings about the patent system, announced December 2008])''
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| − | ==Patent judgements==
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| − | :''(see: [[USA patents courts and appeals]])''
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| − | Patent applications are initially judged by an examiner at the [[USPTO]]. This decision can be appealed to the USPTO's ''Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences''. The next step is to go to the ''United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit'', and the final step, if accepted, would be to go before the [[United States Supreme Court]].<ref>http://www.kuesterlaw.com/swpat.html</ref>
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| − | ==The place for lawsuits==
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| − | Most of the world's patent [[litigation]] happens in the USA.
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| − | Within the USA, a disproportionately large amount of patent litigation takes place in the district of East Texas. This phenomenon is known as [[forum shopping]].
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| − | ==Related pages on {{SITENAME}}==
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| − | * [[Patent office practice in the USA]]
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| − | * [[Case law in the USA]]
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| − | * [[USA patents courts and appeals]]
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| − | * [[Bilski overview]]
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| − | * [[US FTC report on innovation]]
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| − | * [[Calculating infringement damages in the USA]]
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| − | * [[Obama administration]]
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| − | * [[The Patent Reform Act]]
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| − | * [[President's Commission on the Patent System]] (1966)
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| − | ==External links==
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| − | * ESP: [http://endsoftpatents.org/resources-for-lawyers Resources For Lawyers]
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| − | * [http://www.pubpat.org/ftisaswptpresentation.htm Presention about swpats in USA by Dan Ravicher]
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| − | * [[AIPLA]]: [http://www.aipla.org/html/Patent-Handbook/countries/united-states/USsoftware.html information about software and business method patents in the USA]
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| − | * [http://eupat.ffii.org/gasnu/us/index.en.html FFII's page about swpats in the USA]
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