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Patent Reform Heats Up
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Legal Issues
I published a two-part article on legal trends in patent law in the April and May issues of Information Today. The articles explained some concerns and controversies about the patent process, both within and outside the information community. Those concerns have focused on the increasing number of patents that have been issued to cover the Internet and its related technologies and business methods. Many of these patents seem to cover existing technologies or practices, such as search engines, online test-taking, and e-mail relay software.
There has been a dramatic rise in patents issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO; http://www .uspto.gov), …
