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Topic: Patent reform bill passed by senate, going to President's desk

Ravynmagi Title: Moderator Posts: 29,978 Registered: Dec 23, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 29,452 User ID: 572,278	Subject: Patent reform bill passed by senate, going to President's desk
	http://www.pcworld.com/article/239724/us_senate_approves_major_patent_system_overhaul.html It's a 168 pages long, so I haven't gotten around to reading it, so I'll just go off what PC World says. Patents will be granted to those that file and get approved first, which puts America in line with how it works with the rest of the world. Third parties can challenge a patent approval within 9 months. This should help weed out patents that shouldn't have been granted in the first place. Apple spams the USPTO with vague or generic patents, hope this puts an end to that. USPTO actually gets to keep it's money (government can't steal it to pay for other things) and this means they should be able to afford more resources to speed up the patent approval process (they currently have a 700,000 patent backlog). -----signature----- (none)
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IvanDF Title: Veni, vidi, vici Posts: 7,219 Registered: Nov 28, '04 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 7,007 User ID: 998,645	Subject: Patent reform bill passed by senate, going to President's desk
	I hope this helps, because our patent system is broken. IMO when you patent something you should have 5 years to produce it or it expires. -----signature----- 360 Gamer Tag: Ivan34 Steam ID: OSUIvan
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Lonestar_1 Posts: 4,224 Registered: Aug 26, '04 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 3,775 User ID: 960,112	Subject: Patent reform bill passed by senate, going to President's desk
	It does not solve the underlining issues. It could help in some area's though which is nice. -----signature----- http://gimpchimp.etilader.com/display.php?user=lonestarr 3500+ solo kills & Lone Enforcer WAR - IronRock Dest- Energist, Moogabooga SWTOR - KV - Energist, Moogabooga
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Sprawl-zero1eye- Title: IGN Vault Staff Reziztance iz Futile Posts: 53,263 Registered: Jun 28, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 52,657 User ID: 692,733	Subject: Patent reform bill passed by senate, going to President's desk
	I hope they figure it out because as it stands now, China has a better system than we do... -----signature----- Mirkwood MUD, OneEye IvoryFang, Lord of the VampireZ (Retired) AC Frostfell, Clan Z - Lvl 239 Grief Dagger (Retired) WoW Lightbringer Alliance, Z Guild - Lvl 85 Combat Rogue (Retired) Making iOS Apps these days at http://zsprawl.com/iOS
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Greybear1andonly Posts: ???? Registered: ???? Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 0 User ID: 0	Subject: Patent reform bill passed by senate, going to President's desk
	Hopefully they fix the Filing of PAtents years after the technology is already in use. Some company filed and got a patent for the underlying basis of all MMOs and then sued and has won in some cases for a technology they did not invent and was in use before they existed. -----signature-----
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Vyxar Title: Arbiter Elegantiarum Posts: 11,499 Registered: Mar 13, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 9,375 User ID: 656,876	Subject: Patent reform bill passed by senate, going to President's desk
	Does it mean Mickey Mouse will become public domain finally? -----signature----- Vyxar Master Eldritch Shadow Legacy 12,11,11,11,10,10,10,9,8,7,7,7,6,6,6,6,5 etc... Marubaloobalah - "Mediocre people that don't know they are mediocre are like the homosexual to your hate crime."
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vn_jurojin Title: Insolent Insomniac Posts: 9,633 Registered: Dec 20, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 9,526 User ID: 559,342	Subject: Patent reform bill passed by senate, going to President's desk
	Vyxar posted: Does it mean Mickey Mouse will become public domain finally? No. -----signature----- (none)
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IvanDF Title: Veni, vidi, vici Posts: 7,219 Registered: Nov 28, '04 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 7,007 User ID: 998,645	Subject: Patent reform bill passed by senate, going to President's desk
	mickey was extended to like 2025 or something crazy like that. -----signature----- 360 Gamer Tag: Ivan34 Steam ID: OSUIvan
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