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+-   Patent reform bill unable to clean up patent mess-> on Wednesday March 26 2008, @10:05AM First to submit

Submitted by First to submit on Wednesday March 26 2008, @10:05AM
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First to submit writes "Ars Technica analyzes the Patent Reform Act that has passed the House and is being debated in the Senate. Unfortunately for those longing for real, meaningful patent reform, the bill comes up short in some significant ways. 'Despite the heated rhetoric on both sides, it is unclear if the legislation will do much to fix the most serious flaws in the patent system. A series of appeals court rulings in the 1990s greatly expanded patentable subject matter, making patents on software, business methods, and other abstract concepts unambiguously legal for the first time. The result has been a flood of patents of broad scope and dubious quality. With one very minor exception, none of the proposals being debated on the Hill would address these changes.' There are also some suggestions on how to bring about more meaningful reforms in future legislation."
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