The U.S. Federal Trade Commission should gather information about the business practices of “patent assertion entities,” known as patent trolls,...
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A relatively obscure government agency at the center of a high stakes battle between the companies that make smartphones –...
President Barack Obama signed into law a patent overhaul bill Friday that backers say will curb frivolous lawsuits and help...

U.S. Congress is tantalizingly close to passing patent reform that President Barack Obama has hailed as an economic booster, but...
Patent legislation that aims to clear a years-long backlog of applications and allows the patent office set its own fees...
The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly to overhaul U.S. patent laws, backing a measure aimed at chipping away at a huge...
The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to strip controversial provisions out of a bipartisan bill to revamp the U.S. patent system...
Senior U.S. lawmakers are once again planning to reform the patent system to try to eliminate huge damage awards, an...