This week, the latest push by Congress to fix the software patent problem suffered a setback after Microsoft (s msft) and IBM gutted a key House bill that would have made it easier for victims to push back. (gigaom.com)
«The Coalition for Patent Fairness applauds the House of Representatives for debating the issue of patent reform, but cautions that current approaches may misdiagnose America's systemic patent problem and puts jobs at risk. (patentfairness.org)
We explained that the patent troll problem is a software patent problem: (eff.org)