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MGM v. Grokster

The Supreme Court's Grokster decision has sparked considerable commentary.
For example:
Grokster and the Future of Peer-to-Peer File Sharing by Michael Geist
Industries Digest Grokster ruling News.com
The Court Has Ruled So Enter the Geeks New York Times
Ten Years of Chilled Innovation Business Week Online
Read the Court's opinion here

Comments on the Patent System

The Monopoly Factory: Want to Fix the Economy? Start by Fixing the Patent System
By Zachary Roth, Washington Monthly

Features

MariCal Thrives on Collaborative Research

Patent Reform Legislation: Some References and Reading

Latest version of the patent reform statute:
www.ipo.org/ChairmansDraftSubstitute

Rewriting patent law has been on the legislative front burner of the 109th Congress (2005-2006). Read a report by two AUTM members who testified before the House and Senate about H.R. 2795, the Patent Reform Act of 2005, at:
www.autm.net/about/AboutPubPolicy.cfm

CRS: Report for Congress
Patent Reform: Innovation Issues
July 15, 2005
(view PDF)

Is the US Patent System Endangering American Innovation?
A US Congressional luncheon briefing with Adam Jafee (Brandeis economist), Susan DeSanti (FTC commissioner), & David Kappos (IBM executive)
June 8, 2005
(view PDF)

Law.com writes about HR 2795:
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1124109330603