United States of America

Info to gather about
countries and regions

• News articles^?
• Companies harmed
• Studies showing harm^?
• Legislation
• Court cases
• Patents granted
• About the patent office
• Politicians against swpat

Legislation

• U.S. Patent Act -- 35 USCS Sects. 1 - 376
• The Patent Act of 1790

FTC hearings

Please help

What happened about this: FTC hearings about the patent system, announced December 2008. Please answer or fix this if you can. When done, please remove this notice.

See also

• Patent office practice in the USA
• Case law in the USA
• The Patent Reform Act
• in re Bilski
• US FTC report on innovation

External links

• ESP: Resources For Lawyers
• Presention about swpats in USA by Dan Ravicher
• AIPLA: information about software and business method patents in the USA