patent reform

Is Apple Using Patents to Hurt Open Standards?

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:16:36 -0500

Full article: Ars Technica
Peter Bright
Opera developer Haavard Moen has accused Apple of repeatedly using patents to undermine the development of Web standards and block their finalization.

Patent Satellite Offices Sought by Politicians

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:25:25 -0400

Full article: Politico
Brooks Boliek
President Barack Obama's signing of a new patent reform law last month has ignited the sort of battle that isn't supposed to happen anymore in Washington: a good old fight for pork. Lawmakers from Silicon Valley, Colorado and Texas are jockeying to win one of three satellite branches of the Patent and Trademark Office authorized in the law, seeing the projects as magnets for jobs, business and bragging rights.

Patent Groups Cry Foul over Latest Continuing Resolution

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:12:04 -0400

Full article: National Journal
Josh Smith
A range of companies say the latest continuing resolution proposed in Congress lacks promised language designed to prevent appropriators from raiding fees paid to the Patent and Trademark Office.

Obama to Sign Off on Patent-System Overhaul

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:52:49 -0400

Full article: The Hill
Debbie Siegelbaum
President Obama will announce new initiatives the White House says will speed up research breakthroughs from labs to the marketplace as he signs legislation overhauling the nation's patent and trademark laws.

Patent Reform Is Coming: Who Should Care

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:57:20 -0400

Full article: GigaOM
Derrick Harris
When Congress returns from its summer recess in early September, it will vote on patent-reform legislation that should represent a major overhaul of the United States patent system. It won't do away with patent trolls or the software patents that have so many technology pundits up in arms, but at least one prominent patent attorney says it will level the playing field between large companies and individual inventors.

Antitrust Officials Probing Sale of Patents to Google's Rivals

Stevie Converse — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:46:32 -0400

Full article: Washington Post
Jia Lynn Yang
It's not often that search giant Google looks like the little guy. But in a move unprecedented in the tech world, six of Google's rivals -- including Apple, Microsoft and Research in Motion -- combined forces recently to prevent the company from buying a critical trove of patents. Federal antitrust enforcers are scrutinizing whether Google is facing an unfair coalition of companies that could block its popular Android mobile phone software.

Patent Reform Passes Senate; Bill Headed to House

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 08:18:10 -0500

Full article: BroadbandBreakfast.com
Jonathan Charnitski
The Senate passed a bill that would significantly reform the U.S. patent system for the first time in nearly 60 years. The bill will now go to the House for consideration. One of the largest changes the bill would institute if it becomes law is switching the U.S. from a First-to-Invent system to a First-to-File system.

AT&T, Comcast Face New Web, Antitrust Enforcement Under Obama

Stevie Converse — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:07:11 -0500

Full article: Bloomberg
Molly Peterson and Ian King
AT&T and Comcast will probably face new Internet rules under Barack Obama's administration. The president-elect's top technology priorities include net neutrality policies that would bar Internet service providers from charging companies for priority access to their networks.