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Congress to Overhaul Patent Law
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.'"
...and I havent RTFB (bill), but it wouldn't surprise me if this did the exact opposite of whatever it claims to do. It probably gives several major corporations further right to completely own yur azz...