Patent prescription

Article Abstract:

U.S. Congress ordered that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), which up until then is funded by tax revenues, instead fund itself through application and maintenance fees. U.S. patent policy make it easier to obtain patents, to enforce patents against others and to extract large financial awards from such enforcement but harder for those accused of infringing patents to challenge the patents' validity.

Government expenditures, United States. Patent and Trademark Office, Government finance

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Patent reform cacophony

Article Abstract:

The recent move by the United States Congress to amend the Patent Reform Act of 2005 is reviewed. The reform aims at redressing the incongruency between furtherance of innovation and protection of rights of patent holders.

Prepackaged software, Computer Software, Software Publishers, Government domestic functions, Software, Science and technology policy, United States. Congress, Software quality

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Source out, risk in

Article Abstract:

The impact of software development outsourcing on intellectual property rights is examined.

Use of services, Computer and Data Processing Services, Computer services industry, Information technology services industry, Computer programming services, Software development services, Software development service, Outsourcing

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