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Patent ReformWe are in the midst of an unprecedented debate around patent reform with a diversity of stakeholder interests that reflects the growing complexity of the patent system and its effects on business and commerce. The patent system seems to work well for discrete products like drugs where a single patent can provide essential protection for a product. It creates problems for complex, networked technologies, where a product or service may contain thousands of patentable functions and much of the value comes from elements such as design, integration, testing, debugging, and implementation.
CCIA supports the 2003 FTC recommendations and the more
recent efforts of the Coalition for Patent Fairness. The America
Invents Act did little to solve the fundamental structural problems that need
to be addressed so that the system does not discriminate against high-tech. The problems are analyzed in our white paper, Patent Reform for a Digital Economy, which also offers long-term recommendations and a set of guiding principles. CCIA Supreme Court Amicus Briefs: CCIA other Amicus Briefs: Journal Articles:- Susana Borras and Brian Kahin, "Patent Reform in Europe and the United States," Science and Public Policy, vol. 36 no. 8, October 2009
- Brian Kahin, "Beyond the Box: Innovation Policy in an Innovation-Driven Economy," Science Progress, July 13, 2009
- Robert Hunt and Brian Kahin, "Reexamining the Patent System," Issues in Science and Technology, Fall 2008
- Brian Kahin, "Common and Uncommon Knowledge: Reducing Conflict between Standards and Patents," revised version, January 2010
- Brian Kahin, "Cyberinfrastructure and Innovation Policy," First Monday, June 2007
- Brian Kahin, "Patents and Diversity in Innovation," Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review, Vol. 13, 2007
Opinion Pieces:- Brian Kahin's Huffington Post Site
- "Microsoft Roils the World with FAT Patents," March 6, 2009
- "NPEs and Abstract Patents," January 8, 2009
- "The Patent Bubble... Still Growing," September 26, 2008
- "Under the Radar: Two Tales from the Secret Life of Patents," July 25, 2008
- "Patents for All: The System that Could Not Contain Itself," June 10, 2008
- "At the Heart of the Knowledge Economy: Should Patents Be Limited To Technology?," May 6, 2008
- "Too Many Patents? How Patent Inflation Plagues Information Technology," February 7, 2008
CCIA Comments and Filings in the U.S.: CCIA Comments and Filings in Europe:
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