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January 11, 2006
Open Source Driving Patent Reform
Here is an interesting development. In this Techworld article Open-source software revolutionises patent system, Nancy Gohring talks about some of the new developments. In particular the USPTO, IBM, and OSDL are working together to create a prior art database out of the likes of sourceforge.net and other sites like it. This will help patent examiners, and the public review patents for relevance and originality. Here's a NY Times article.
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