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The '''United States of America''' is the country where there are, by far, the most examples of [[litigation|court cases]] over [[software patents]].
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==Legislation==
 
==Legislation==
* [http://www.law.cornell.edu/patent/patent.overview.html U.S. Patent Act -- 35 USCS Sects. 1 - 376]
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:''(see [[Legislation in the USA]])''
* [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Patent_Act_of_1790 The Patent Act of 1790]
 
  
 
==FTC hearings==
 
==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])''
 
''(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 office decisions==
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{{main|United States Patent and Trademark Office}}
  
 
==Patent judgements==
 
==Patent judgements==
  
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''.
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:''(see: [[USA patents courts and appeals]])''
  
==The place for law suits==
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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>
  
Most of the world's patent litigation happens in the USA.
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==The place for lawsuits==
  
Within the USA, a disproportionately large amount of patent litigation takes place in the district of East Texas.<ref>http://www.technologyreview.com/communications/16280/page1/</ref><ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/24/business/24ward.html</ref>
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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}}==
  
==See also==
 
 
* [[Patent office practice in the USA]]
 
* [[Patent office practice in the USA]]
 
* [[Case law in the USA]]
 
* [[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]]
 
* [[The Patent Reform Act]]
 
* [[The Patent Reform Act]]
* [[in re Bilski]]
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* [[President's Commission on the Patent System]] (1966)
* [[US FTC report on innovation]]
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* [[Vermont patent troll law]]
  
 
==External links==
 
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* [http://www.pubpat.org/ftisaswptpresentation.htm Presention about swpats in USA by Dan Ravicher]
 
* [http://www.pubpat.org/ftisaswptpresentation.htm Presention about swpats in USA by Dan Ravicher]
 
* [[AIPLA]]: [http://www.aipla.org/html/Patent-Handbook/countries/united-states/USsoftware.html information about software and business method patents in the USA]
 
* [[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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==References==
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{{reflist}}
  
  
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Revision as of 16:12, 27 December 2013

The United States of America is the country where there are, by far, the most examples of court cases over software patents.

Legislation

(see Legislation in the USA)

FTC hearings

(What happened about this: FTC hearings about the patent system, announced December 2008)

Patent office decisions

Main article: United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent judgements

(see: USA patents courts and appeals)

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.[1]

The place for lawsuits

Most of the world's patent litigation happens in the USA.

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.

Related pages on ESP Wiki

External links

References