A Decade Of US Patent Reform Must Be Undone

By Paul Morinville & Gene Quinn 19 hours ago 7

How ironic is it that the infringer lobby – the very people trying to weaken the patent system and who ignore the patent rights of others through a free riding scheme of efficient infringement – are the ones who are seeing their monopoly power consolidated. By ignoring the property of true innovators the infringer lobby has grown in size, power, strength …

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