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Congress to Overhaul Patent Law

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the idle-hands dept.

karvind writes "According to story at law.com, 'lawmakers in Washington are considering changes to the patent code that would bring U.S. law closer to intellectual property standards in the rest of the industrialized world.' The stated result of Patent Reform Act of 2005, HR 2795 is supposed to make the system work 'more efficiently' and be 'less prone to litigation.'"

5 of 377 comments (clear)

  1. Re:More war? by binarybum · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ah, and tis' a pity.
    I once cut myself mindlessly slauthering a bagel with butter.

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  2. Re:I sure hope not by rm69990 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That wasn't really funny....what a waste of a mouseclick

  3. Re:I sure hope not by Khakionion · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    what a waste of a mouseclick

    That's why I browse at -1.

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    OMG! Wau!
  4. Ironic, since the last patent rewrite was in 1952 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So it is acceptable to rewrite a 53 year old law because it is outdated, but it is not OK to rewrite the 70 year old Social Security law because it is perfect.

    I guess if your party agrees with the law (e.g., democrats and Social Security) it can never ever be changed.

  5. Re:I sure hope not by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Don't listen to sibling, it was funny as hell.