05.06.2013 - 11:21 [ techdirt ]

White House Also Releases Report On Patent Problems

We‘d already discussed President Obama‘s proposals for patent reform, but now that the announcement is official, it‘s worth also looking at the report about the broken patent system that was released at the same time from the White House, put together by the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, the National Economic Council, and the Office of Science & Technology Policy. It‘s a quick read, but does cover many of the high points of just how broken the system remains. There‘s a pretty good list highlighting problems with patent trolls