ITManagement: IBM Exec Selected to Head Patent Office http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-164147/itmanagement:ibm-exec-selected-to-head-patent-office Posts in the discussion thread "ITManagement: IBM Exec Selected to Head Patent Office" - The possibility of getting a tech-friendly name to head the USPTO is likely to be good news for many in the IT sector, which is rife with complaints about the current U.S. patent system. For one thing, IT patent cases have been on a sharp rise over the past few years, with a growing number of cases brought by "non-practicing entities," or "patent trolls" as they're often called by critics. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:58:22 +0000 http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-164147#post-514400 ITManagement: IBM Exec Selected to Head Patent Office http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-164147/itmanagement:ibm-exec-selected-to-head-patent-office#post-514400 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:00:43 +0000 zoobab 2946 "The possibility of getting a tech-friendly name to head the USPTO is likely to be good news for many in the IT sector, which is rife with complaints about the current U.S. patent system. For one thing, IT patent cases have been on a sharp rise over the past few years, with a growing number of cases brought by "non-practicing entities," or "patent trolls" as they're often called by critics."

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