Intellectual Property
May 13, 2005
IP Pendulum Swings From Weak to Strong Protection
Just a few years ago, it was unusual for patents to make newspaper headlines - but times have changed. A small company is awarded half a billion dollars in damages in a patent infringement action against Microsoft. Thousands of demonstrators appear in Brussels as the European Union considers whether it should allow patents on software. Nearly every week, newspapers from Los Angeles to Louisville run patent stories - usually about how the
Just a few years ago, it was unusual for patents to make newspaper headlines - but times have changed. A small company is awarded half a billion dollars in damages in a patent infringement action against Microsoft. Thousands of demonstrators appear in Brussels as the European Union considers whether it should allow patents on software. Nearly every week, newspapers from Los Angeles to Louisville run patent stories - usually about how the patent system is outmoded, unfair or otherwise fla...
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