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Patent Infringement Exemption for Research?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the knowledge-for-the-sake-of-knowledge dept.

cheesedog writes "It has been said that 1/5th of all scientific research projects in the U.S. are currently being stifled by patent claims. Well, it looks like the Senate has taken notice, with a recent proposal that has made it into the PACE Education and Research Act that could extend an exemption from patent litigation for scientific research. The Act also proposes treating specialized industries (such as software and business methods) differently than traditional patent areas."

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  1. Wont matter. by Avillia · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    RIAA, MPAA, and other affected corporations stifled research into DRM in the past with legal threats and social threats, even though, the last time I checked, there is a exemption in the DMCA for bypassing DRM and other such content protection in the interests of reasearch. And the United States government didnt seem to care. And they wont care with this.

    Boy, do I feel anti-captialist today.