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Response to Andy Grove

by Alexander Poltorak - Mr. Grove was recently quoted in the article by Jonathan Thaw and Susan Decker, “Grove Says Patent System May Have Same Flaws as Derivatives” (Bloomberg.com, May 4 2009). With all due respect to Mr. Grove, he simply doesn’t understand the meaning of, and the underlying motivation for, patents.

Patent Reform – Mooted Again


The Heart of Texas

The patent right, no longer bright
(sob, sob, sob, sob)
Deep in the heart of Texas.

The time to wait, is long of late
(sob, sob, sob, sob)
Deep in the heart of Texas.

The courtroom fight, no longer light
(sob, sob, sob, sob)
Deep in the heart of Texas.

Leahy, Specter and Feinstein Reach Compromise on Patent Reform

By Alex Poltorak (March 31, 2009)

Today the Senate Judiciary Committee held an executive session on the S.515 bill a.k.a. The Patent Reform Act of 2009. The Senators on both side of the aisle who were most active in this legislative initiative, Pat Leahy (D-VT), Arlen Specter (R-PA), and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), agreed today on a compromise on most contentious feature of the bill. The compromise affects the following provisions of the bill:

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