Patent Reform Bill Introduced in U.S. House

Posted by Zonk on Thursday June 9, 2005 @02:55AM from the do-over dept.

kanad wrote to mention a ZDNet article covering the introduction of the Patent Reform Act of 2005 to the U.S. House of Representatives. From the article: "Probably the most sweeping change would be the creation of a process to challenge patents after they are granted by the Patent and Trademark Office. 'Opposition requests' can be filed up to nine months after a patent is awarded or six months after a legal notice alleging infringement is sent out. The bill is supported by the USPTO and Microsoft who have been recently asking for patent reforms ." More details of the bill are available at the Congressman's website."

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Be suspicious by Anonymous Coward · 2005-06-09 02:57 · Score: 5, Informative

"The bill is supported by...Microsoft who have been recently asking for patent reforms."

Everybody should immediatly be very, very suspicious of this bill if that's the case. What do they stand to gain then, exactly? You can bet it isn't immediatly obvious. Has anyone checked all the sub-cluases on this thing yet?