Read Report Patent Reform Act of 2009 (S. 515, H.R. 1260), including damages, post grant, inequitable conduct and venue Read Report Patent Reform Act of 2009 (S. 515, H.R. 1260), including damages, ...

U.S. lawmakers have reintroduced legislation that would mark the first major overhaul of U.S. patent law in more than 50 years. (Read a story about Microsoft posting its 10,000 patent.) The ...

WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) - The chief executives of Google, Cisco, Micron, Palm and 24 other executives have written to President Barack Obama urging support for patent reform now before congress ...

Companies on both sides of a patent overhaul debate in the U.S. Congress are stepping up the pressure on lawmakers, as some observers expect a vote soon in the Senate. Two groups, one supporting ...

Republicans and Democrats in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday demonstrated bipartisan support for reforming the patent system in order to lower the price of prescription drugs. Chairman of ...

While the recent battle over the Patent Reform Act of 2007 plays itself out in Congress, the really big patent news took place over at the Supreme Court this past spring and also at the Patent Office ...

In cases such as KSR v Teleflex, MedImmune v Genentech, eBay v MercExchange and In re Seagate, the Supreme Court and Federal Circuit have addressed many of the problems originally meant to be solved ...

The House Committee on the Judiciary yesterday approved far-reaching legislation to reform the nation’s patent system. The Patent Reform Act of 2007 largely reflects the IT sector’s lobbying effort to ...

Microsoft/TomTom lawsuit sparks call to change a patent system that helps few, hurts many. The recent Microsoft/TomTom patent infringement suit has sparked a renewed call for software patent reform.

U.S. lawmakers have reintroduced legislation that would mark the first major overhaul of U.S. patent law in more than 50 years. The legislation, introduced in the U.S. Senate Tuesday, is very similar ...