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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.
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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 Overworked patent examiners and outdated rules are just two of the reasons critics of some tech patents say the process needs fixing.
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InternetNews December 30, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	Microsoft Collects a Pair of Patents Software compilation and editing are addressed in the patent awards.
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.
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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.
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InternetNews June 4, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Microsoft Double-click Patent Sows FUD Will you pay Redmond every time you click-click?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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HBS Working Knowledge December 20, 2004 Ann Cullen	The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It Innovators and society are paying too high a price in the current patent system, says Adam B. Jaffe and Harvard Business School's Josh Lerner in their new book, 'Innovation and Its Discontents: How Our Broken Patent System is Endangering Innovation and Progress,' excerpted here.
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