It is directly tied to a patent system specifically geared to creative and business minded inventors.
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And we do need to recall what the purpose of a patent system is.
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Yet today, the climate of innovation that has advanced technology at such a rapid pace, is being stymied by a patent system ill-adapted to the realities of modern information technology.
Moreover, the law does little to address the more basic problem of a patent system that has grown in expense for all kinds of companies that want to protect their ideas.
It is also important though that we have a patent system that encourages innovation but doesn't just lock in big monopolies that prevent new people from bringing new products into the system.
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We want a patent system that encourages innovation.
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Apple was awarded a patent on a system that lets users resell their digital goods, according to AppleInsider, which noted that Amazon got a patent on a very similar system just last month.
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Adam Mossoff, Professor at George Mason University School of Law and an invited panelist at the December 10 FTC-DOJ workshop, on behalf of the Innovation Alliance, which represents innovators, patent owners and stakeholders from a diverse range of industries that believe in the critical importance of maintaining a strong patent system that supports innovative enterprises of all sizes.
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Employment Commissioner Laszlo Andor said forthcoming legislation on a European patent system, and on further cuts to mobile roaming charges could go some way to boosting the economy.
Overall, according to the European Commission, the lack of a unified patent system is one reason why Europe's small and medium-sized technology firms fail to grow as quickly as those in America, Asia and elsewhere.
One component of a well-functioning patent system is clarity around what entity is the real party in interest for a particular patent.
As a result, the patent system is transferring resources from guys trying to create the next Angry Birds and to patent lawyers who are creating no value.
We found a defender of the patent system in the leading intellectual property lawyer Guy Burkill QC, who has acted for some of the giants of the mobile phone industry.
There's a brawl brewing as Congress works up the most sweeping overhaul of the patent system in half a century.
Google has struck back with claims that BT has infringed a method to allow PCs to use an internet-based telephone system based on a patent originally filed by Fujitsu.
Europe's patent system is also in a mess in another regard: the quilt of national patent offices and languages means that the cost of obtaining a patent for the entire European Union is too high, a burden in particular on smaller firms and individual inventors.
Every programmer who has even a passing familiarity with the patent system knows that vague and trivial patents are extremely common.
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Nokia has filed a patent for an optical messaging system that can generate symbols and Morse Code, as well as decipher the information on the receiving end.
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But actually, Mark is rooting for Yahoo because he thinks a spectacular win against Facebook could trigger a backlash against the current patent system and spur real reforms.
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The patent system - a vital part of our innovation infrastructure, and the only way that inventors can be certain that their ideas can be protected from those who who would steal them.
Having a better understanding of the patent system and its everyday pitfalls will help both policymakers and the public realize how some of these policies are limiting productivity and consumer choice, and increasing liability risks for tech companies here and overseas.
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The patent system has received a lot of attention recently, and not the good kind.
The American patent system is undergoing a major shift thanks to the America Invents Act (AIA), which was signed into law by President Obama last September.
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On December 10, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) held the first of a series of workshops on the patent system and innovation.
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Help is at hand from a most unlikely source: the United Nations, where a significant step towards a simple, global system for patent filing was made on June 2nd.
The suit alleges that the security-software giant infringed on a DeepNines patent, one that combines an intrusion detection and prevention system with a firewall, in a single device.
There is no doubt that HP is getting a large patent portfolio, a strong team of engineers, and a proprietary operating system in Palm webOS, and it is reasonable to assume that HP did not have other ways to acquire such assets for less than the price it is paying for Palm.
That same year, Amazon.com won a patent for its one-click ordering system, which struck many critics as being too obvious and unconnected with machinery to be patentable.
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