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+-   De-mucking the Intellectual Property quagmire?-> on Thursday November 06 2008, @04:42PM coondoggie

Submitted by coondoggie on Thursday November 06 2008, @04:42PM
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coondoggie writes "What do you get when you mix the government, the court system, company lawyers and Joe consumer? A serious mess that would send most people screaming into the night. But the Federal Trade Commission is no such entity. It wants to straighten Intellectual Property (IP) out and today said it will hold a series of hearings — the first in Washington, DC on Dec. 5 — it will use to examine IP law and the myriad issues surrounding it. Interested bigwigs from the tech industry, including Cisco, Yahoo and the Computer & Communications Industry Association are expected to testify along with professors, lawyers and other industry players. The patent system has experienced significant change and more changes are under consideration, the FTC said http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/34964"
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