Sentences with phrase «debate over patent»

In a relatively short period of time, the debate over patent reform has transformed an arcane, low - salience issue into one that sparks fierce controversy and national headlines.

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I guess it was just a coincidence that I added two Saint Laurent pieces to my wardrobe over the past two weeks, lace up patent boots (that I have been going back and fourth on for a year now, can't believe I ever debated this because they're already getting re-heeled because I've worn them every day), and the new Nico Satchel.

Used ebooks are a hot topic right now, with Apple and Amazon each pursuing a patent over reselling digital content and as a result sparking a debate on the legality, ethics, and morality of a second - hand marketplace for products that don't decay.

I have disagreed with the Innovation Alliance on FRAND issues, but today it issued a press release relating to U.S. patent reform that I believe raises some legitimate concern over one particular aspects of the current patent policy debate.

A bill being debated by the Senate Judiciary Committee that would transfer jurisdiction over appeals of deportation orders from the regional court of appeals to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ignited cries of protests from patent lawyers.»

The past couple of weeks have offered an amazing ringside view of an unusually public and acrimonious debate over software patents.

Published by patent analytics firm Lex Machina, the report adds new grist to a debate over U.S. innovation policy at a time when patent reform in Congress has foundered once again.

Little of this will come as a surprise to those who have followed the debate over U.S. patent policy in recent years, which has seen Congress propose multiple measures to curb the role of patent trolls, but deliver no new laws since 2011.

Setting aside the legal issues, and the debate over whether such patents are a good or bad thing for innovation, consider this point of view by Mike Masnick of Techdirt:

The investment decisions by four technology companies come in the midst of a heated debate over whether it is too easy for patent owners to extract large royalty payments, and whether patent buying firms spur or stifle innovation.