You Finally Get Something Passed in Congress, and Look What Happens

Oct 15, 2007

There have been any number of complaints about the patent reform laws here in the US, but now someone's taking action. This article from the Wall Street Journal reports on a lawsuit GlaxoSmithKline filed against the US Patent and Trademark Office, charging that the new rules "could damage about 100 of the company's pending patent applications."

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