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InternetNews November 24, 2004 Jim Wagner	Nick Godici, Commissioner for Patents, USPTO The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has been taking a lot of heat in recent years over software patents. Sitting at the center of the firestorm, and the patent process, is Nick Godici, the agency's Commissioner for Patents.
CIO January 1, 2003 Christopher Koch	Patently Stupid? It's not clear at the start of 2003 whether the software patent frenzy will cause innovation to flower or be trampled.
The Motley Fool September 17, 2011	What's Fueling the Tech Patent Bull Market? As companies amass patents to sue each other, is it time for the patent system to be reformed?
Bank Technology News January 2004 Karen Krebsbach	Bight Ideas Financial services firms are deluging the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office with applications, which soared 15-fold between 1995 and 2002. Patent attorney Dale Lazar urges banks to get in line: converting valuable ideas into assets can pay off big time.
Wall Street & Technology September 19, 2006 Paul Allen	Patent Processing For both the patent holders and potential transgressors, technology patents can be a high-stakes game in the financial world, in both monetary awards and ongoing business feasibility.
InternetNews March 16, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Patently Unfair? Overworked patent examiners and outdated rules are just two of the reasons critics of some tech patents say the process needs fixing.
InternetNews January 11, 2005 Jim Wagner	IBM Pledges Patents to Open Source IBM said Tuesday it is pledging 500 software patents to developers of open source software so they can develop without fear. The patents are available to those who abide by the Open Source Initiative (OSI) and use one of 50 OSI-certified licenses.
InternetNews January 10, 2006 Clint Boulton	USPTO Joins Patent Quality Cause The United States Patent and Trademark Office teams with IBM and the OSDL to improve the way patents are constructed and issued in the U.S.
InternetNews December 30, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	Microsoft Collects a Pair of Patents Software compilation and editing are addressed in the patent awards.
InternetNews September 27, 2006 Michael Hickins	IBM Pushes New Patent Policies Patent reform may be on the way, but IBM has decided to change the system on its own and is leading by example.
InternetNews July 31, 2007 Larry Barrett	RealNetworks Case Highlights Sea-Change In Patent Law Supreme Court ruling puts patent trolls on notice.
InternetNews March 5, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Microsoft Wins One in IE Battle The U.S. Patent Trademark Office's preliminary ruling favors Internet Explorer in the Microsoft/Eolas infringement case.
InternetNews January 28, 2008 Stuart J. Johnston	Microsoft: King of The Patent Hill Microsoft emerges as top tech patent holder with more than 15,000 patents pending.
InternetNews May 20, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	A Primer on Software Patents A closer look at software patents and at their history and implications for IT.
InternetNews September 28, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	Eolas Patent Survives Re-Exam The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office seems inclined to let an early patent covering browser applets stand, despite opposition from Microsoft and a band of Internet gurus.
CIO August 1, 2003 Lawrence Rosen	Patents: An Expensive Tax on the CIO Software patents cost you money. Like taxes, they skim from your profit margins, but in this case the fees go to pay for other companies' intellectual property.
Information Today October 16, 2006 K. Matthew Dames	The Patent System on Tilt: IBM Seeks to Change the Game IBM wants to change the way the patent system works, holding itself out as an exemplar of openness.
IEEE Spectrum June 2007 Suhas Sreedhar	Peer Review Starts for Software Patent Applications Hoping to curtail the orgy of tech-industry litigation, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently launched an Internet-based peer-review program whereby anyone can help to evaluate a number of software patent applications voluntarily submitted for public evaluation.
IEEE Spectrum February 2006 Lee A. Hollaar	Patents 2.0 There are big problems with patents, especially software patents. A new type of patent is needed -- Congress should create a new, limited protection that protects against knockoffs without overreaching.
The Motley Fool August 31, 2011 John Grgurich	How the Patent Wars Are Hurting High-Tech Well-intentioned patent laws are threatening to stifle innovation.
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InternetNews October 4, 2004 Jim Wagner	Sun's Java Infringes on Kodak Patents A jury in Rochester, N.Y., found Sun Microsystems liable for using patented technology owned by photography company Eastman Kodak in the Java programming language.
CIO September 28, 2012 Kim S. Nash	Companies Race to the Patent Office to Protect Their IT Breakthroughs There's a patent gold rush under way as savvy companies seek to lock in the competitive advantage from their IT innovations. CIOs ought to seek patents for unique business methods and other inventions made possible by new technology.
CIO February 15, 2003 Geoffrey James	Patent Office Stops Shuffling Paper The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced in December the latest stage in its two-year, $40 million project to make accessible via the Web all the documents that accompany the patent applications process by Oct. 1, 2004.
Salon.com March 21, 2001 Damien Cave	Patents are your friends Can open-source programmers use intellectual property laws to protect themselves from corporate software snatchers? Publishing work on IP.com ensures the patent office will see it and not issue patent for the idea to someone else.
The Motley Fool October 8, 2009 Anders Bylund	Playboy, Citigroup, and Google's Patent Problem Eolas is about to recast how we should think about software patents -- without really trying.
The Motley Fool September 28, 2006 Jack Uldrich	IBM's Patently Good Idea Big Blue's decision to open patents to public scrutiny could spur innovation.
IndustryWeek February 17, 2010 Jill Jusko	U.S. Patents, International Flavor IBM grabs top spot in 2009 patent rankings, but foreign firms receive more than half.
Entrepreneur October 2005 Chris Penttila	Patent Pending Have an idea for the next big thing? You'll need a patent, but pay attention to big changes in store for U.S. patent law.
PC World April 2006 Andrew Brandt	Patent Overload Hampers Tech Innovation Application backlog and continuing patent disputes add up to a mounting crisis.
CIO August 1, 2003 Mark Radcliffe	Patents: A Small Price to Pay for Progress For CIOs, the issue is not whether patents should be granted for software but whether anything can be done to improve the quality of the granted patents. The problem relates more to the examining process in the USPTO than to the appropriateness of patents for software.
InternetNews June 11, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Microsoft Patent in Review The United States Patent and Trademark Office granted a request by the Public Patent Foundation to review one of Microsoft's many patents, the organization said today.
Inc. July 24, 2002 Jennifer A. Redmond	Strategic Patenting What to consider when you're filing a patent and strategic decisions you'll need to make.
Information Today May 2006 George H. Pike	Feature: BlackBerry: Lawsuit and Patent Reform Whether through the courts or before Congress, the BlackBerry experience suggests that some modification of patent law is not only likely, it's necessary.
The Motley Fool April 26, 2005 Dave Mock	The Lowdown on Patent Shakedowns The business of extorting license fees for patents can be very lucrative -- and damaging. It is important for investors to understand how the companies they own utilize and protect their inventions -- and what approach management has taken to deal with intellectual property disputes.
The Motley Fool March 8, 2004 Seth Jayson	Microsoft Wins a Round The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office revokes Eolas Technologies' patent on browser plug-ins.
InternetNews May 3, 2010	Novell, Red Hat Win Victory in Patent Fight Rival open source vendors prevail in joint defense against infringement charges brought by firm trying to assert rights to invention covered under 1991 patent.
PC Magazine April 6, 2005 John C. Dvorak	Software Patents: Microsoft's Fatal Error Microsoft's has a lot to worry about as the European Union looks unfavorably on its hidden source code and patent practices.
InternetNews March 2, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	Back to Court for Eolas and Microsoft A federal appeals court sends the patent infringement case back down for another trial.
IEEE Spectrum December 2005 Steven J. Frank	Patent Reform Cacophy The Patent Reform Act may, in the end, merely contribute another layer of cost, delay, and uncertainty.
InternetNews March 10, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	Mr. Smith Went to Washington For Patent Reform Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith calls for patent reform at the American Enterprise Institute.
IndustryWeek October 1, 2007 Jill Jusko	Patent Protection Your valuable intellectual property requires keen oversight. To help keep it safe, consider these actions.
AskMen.com March 19, 2003 Steve Richer	How To: Patent An Invention Investors will not do business with you until you have that precious little number that guarantees that you own the rights to the invention. Read on to see how you can obtain a patent.
IndustryWeek March 1, 2009 Jill Jusko	IBM Remains Atop the Patent List For the 16th consecutive year, high-tech giant IBM Corp. has nabbed the top spot for the number of patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, but U.S. slips in global patent dominance.
CFO November 1, 2007 Avital Louria Hahn	Innovators' Dilemma New patent laws may complicate life for inventive companies.
InternetNews January 11, 2007 Clint Boulton	IBM Leads 2006 Patent Hike IBM banks 3,651 patents as the industry sees a better than 20 percent upswing in patent grants over 2005.
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InternetNews June 1, 2007 Stuart J. Johnston	MS Wins Right to Challenge Patent's Ownership Eolas Technologies may not be due $521 million after all in IE patent dispute.
InternetNews March 5, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	IP Upstarts: Get Microsoft Software vendors are both the victims and victimizers when it comes to patenting technology already in widespread use around the world.
CIO September 28, 2012	Are Patents the Secret to Competitive Advantage in IT? Our editor in chief Maryfran Johnson weighs in on the importance of seeking patents for IT innovation when it comes to maintaining a competitive edge and driving new business.