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Business Owners Adjusting to Overhaul of Patent System

Date: February 8, 2012

Author: Eilene Zimmerman

QUOTE: The most sweeping patent system changes in more than 50 years became law in September with enactment of the America Invents Act, which the White House has said will help turn inventions into businesses faster. Entrepreneurs and small-business owners who rely on the patent system to protect their intellectual property are just starting to understand the changes, which phase in over an 18-month period that ends in March 2013.

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Key People:

• Louis J. Foreman

Key Organizations:

• Edison Nation
• New York Times Company
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

Subject & Geographic Categories:

• Abstract Principles
  • Timing / Delay / Procrastination

• Law & Justice
  • Civil Law / Common Law
    • Intellectual Property (conceptual)
      • Patents / Inventions
  • Non-US systems: International Law

• Science & Technology
  • Technological Risk/Innovation/Utilization

• North America
  • United States of America/USA

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