Protection of intellectual property is a major element in the highly competitive world of information technology. The scope of protection affects not only providers such as software developers but also the users of software products. Software patent litigation has increased significantly, according to a just-released report from the federal Government Accountability Office. The report should reinforce efforts by the software sector to rectify what developers consider to be abuses of the patent system.
The restriction the government now like to put on these patent trolls is not that easy. They are used to of these patents and till now they hold number of patent documents which cannot be justified. It is better to do modifications in patent laws which can be prove hard to break, for both small as well as big companies.
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Federal Report Bolsters Case for Improving Software Patent Protection
Posted by: John K. Higgins September 10, 2013 05:00 AMProtection of intellectual property is a major element in the highly competitive world of information technology. The scope of protection affects not only providers such as software developers but also the users of software products. Software patent litigation has increased significantly, according to a just-released report from the federal Government Accountability Office. The report should reinforce efforts by the software sector to rectify what developers consider to be abuses of the patent system.