Posts Tagged ‘America Invents Act’

No more Thomas Edisons; Congress votes to allow corporations to patent inventions of others

Bring our laws into “harmonization” with the rest of the world  by Jack Minor  In a move that critics say will cripple innovation and competition, Congress is preparing to change how patents are awarded.  Current patent law awards patents under the “First-to-Invent” rule, meaning regardless of who files for a patent, it is awarded to [...]

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