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Re:Senate passes Patent Reform Bill by mikeknoop on Thursday September 08, 2011 @07:49PM (#2976165)
My understanding is the bill puts the decision of "who invented it first" to the courts instead of the patent office. You'd still have recourse to claim you invented it first.
Re:Senate passes Patent Reform Bill by cHalgan on Thursday September 08, 2011 @07:56PM (#2976181)
This basically means we will have more trivial patents filled which can be used to extort small companies. Correct?