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Software Patents Should Be Abolished

Software Patents Should Be Abolished

By Bob Warfield on September 11, 2010

Still think patents are about protecting the little guy? The USPTO now takes an average of 6 years to grant a patent (hat tip to Techmeme).  In the long run, you’ll likely get your patent since almost anything is patentable these days, however outlandish it may be.  But in the long run, we’re all dead, […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged intellectual property, Patent, software patents, United States Patent and Trademark Office, uspto | 1 Response

US and UK governments prioritising Green technologies in patent applications

US and UK governments prioritising Green technologies in patent applications

By Tom Raftery on January 26, 2010

I was talking to Paul Craane of Chicago law firm Marshall, Gerstein & Borun today. Paul is a patent attorney an interest in Green technologies. Paul got in touch because he wanted to highlight the fact that the US Green Technology Pilot Program, a special program announced by the US Patent and Trademark office at […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged green inventions, green patents, Green technologies, intellectual property, intellectual property office, Patent application, UK, uspto

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