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Finally: This Is How to Fix the 'Patent Fix'
Wired has been running a special series of expert opinions on "the patent fix," including specific proposals for fixing the software patent problem. This is the final piece in the series, from the Mark Cuban Chair to Eliminate Stupid Patents at the EFF.
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Rackspace sues “most notorious patent troll in America”
Rackspace says a holding company broke its own contract by suing first.
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German court invalidates Apple slide-to-unlock patent
Apple can appeal the decision to a higher court
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Why a patent suit won't be the end of Bitcoin
Bitcoin, the world’s most popular virtual currency, is also its most hyped. The value of one Bitcoin has climbed from just over $20 two months ago to around $185 a day, and press coverage of Bitcoin has increased right along with it.
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Patent trolls launched majority of U.S. patent cases in 2012
A new study has found that more than half of last year's patent litigation cases in the U.S. were filed by companies that license patents but don't have another business.
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New startup looks to kill off patent trolls
A San Francisco-based startup is looking to kill off companies that buy and enforce patents in the technology sector but do nothing else with their IP. Unified Patents is looking to recruit companies of all sizes for a collective effort to end patent infringement lawsuits brought forth by patent troll.
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LEGO: The original patent for a ‘Toy Building Brick’ from 1961
The original LEGO patent for a 'Toy Building Brick' was filed by Godtfried Kirk Christiansen on July 28th, 1958, and registered October 24th, 1961, as Patent No. 3,005,282.
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Don't Let Patents Kill 3D Printing
One of the reasons why 3D printing is suddenly on the cusp of going mainstream is the expiration of some key patents that have held the technology back for decades. And yet, of course, with any area of the market that is getting hot, there is...
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Microsoft hit by patent lawsuit over Skype
A patent enforcement company called CopyTele is suing the software giant, claiming patent violations involving encryption and security. Read this article by Lance Whitney on CNET News.
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When Startups Need More Lawyers Than Employees, The Patent System Isn't Working
We've talked a lot about the tax on innovation that patent trolls create, which is well-known inside startup circles but often misunderstood by the broader public, thanks to the pro-innovation rhetoric of high-profile trolls like Intellectual Ventures.
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Patent Quality Improvement Act hits Congress
New legislation aims to save technology companies 'billions of dollars in litigation' with a permanent patent review process.
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The 10-Year-Old Inventor and the World's Cutest Patent Drawing
As a lawyer who works in Silicon Valley and Cambridge, Massachusetts, Len Nannarone has helped his fair share of tech companies. But the most important startup he’s advised is much closer to home: his 10-year-old son, Owen, a budding inventor and entrepreneur.
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The 12 Most Terrifying Things Ever Invented for Babies
Inventors make terrible, terrible parents.
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Patent troll that wants $1,000 per worker gets sued by Vermont A-G
Small state's action is the first government lawsuit against a patent troll.
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Apple, betrayed by its own law firm
Lawyer-turned-"troll" started planning patent suit six days after iPhone launch.
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Next-Generation Consumer 3-D Printer Arrives, but a Lawsuit Looms
Formlabs is bringing down the costs of a better 3-D printing technique, but it must survive a patent lawsuit.
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How to Make War on Patent Trolls
Law enforcement once meant chasing outlaws out of town; in today’s economy, it means clearing out the trolls.
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Justices rule human genes cannot be patented
Supreme Court decision is a win for women with genetic risk of breast and ovarian cancers, as well as geneticists and researchers who had criticized a Utah company's exclusive patent.
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The Overlooked Weapon States Could Use to Kill Patent Trolls
Patent trolls are the bad guys of the moment. They’re the outfits that buy patents and then sue companies that supposedly infringe on them. Last week, the White House announced a bunch of initiatives to thwart them. Trolls don’t actually make the products covered by those patents.
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AT&T files patent for self-destructing email
AT&T has filed a patent with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office that would allow users to set a time when they want an e-mail message to be destroyed.
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