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  • Patent reform bill meets opposition during hearing

    Efforts in the U.S. Congress to overhaul the nation's patent system are again running into objections from inventors, pharmaceutical companies and small technology companies, which say that current legislation could destroy the value of patents.

    Written by Grant Gross01 May 09 10:11
  • Proposed law seeks to give US president power over private networks

    A wide-ranging cybersecurity bill introduced in the U.S. Senate this week would give the president unprecedented new powers to disconnect government and private-sector networks from the Internet in the event of security emergencies. But that provision is expected to be a hard sell in Congress.

    Written by Jaikumar Vijayan06 April 09 07:27
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