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U.S. Gov't: Pleeease Stop Asking Us To Ban Competitors' Products

Reuters | Diane Bartz | Posted 03.11.2013 | Technology
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By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Companies that own a key patent, such as those that ensure mobile and other electronic devices wo...

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Denver Gets Patented

Posted 07.03.2012 | Denver
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Denver was among three other cities selected to be the new regional office locations for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Other patent office loc...

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Carlos Harrison

Rum Wars: Bacardi Wins Battle, Will Sell Havana Club Across U.S.

HuffingtonPost.com | Carlos Harrison | Posted 06.13.2012 | Latino Voices
Read More: Bacardi Havana Club Rum, Video, Pernod Ricard, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Fidel Castro, Hispanic Heritage, Bacardi, Havana Club, Havanah Club, Hispanic-Heritage, Rum Wars, Cuba, Latino Voices News

The Rum War is over. Or, at least, the Battle of Havana Club. For now. On Wednesday, the clock runs out on Cuba's claim to the rum brand in the...

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Guess Who Nabbed The Lin Trademark More Than A Year Ago

Reuters | Posted 04.27.2012 | Business
Read More: Wuxi Risheng Sports Utility Co, Linsanity, Video, Yao Ming, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Nike, Michael Jordan, Reuters, Jeremy Lin, Harvard, Jones Day, China's State Administration of Industry and Commerce, New York Knicks, Nba, China, Ipad, Business News

(Corrects typo in third bullet point) * China ball maker registers Jeremy Lin trademark * Difficult to take trademark fr...

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Detroit To Get Own Patent Office, 100 High Tech Jobs

The Huffington Post | Simone Landon | Posted 01.11.2012 | Detroit
Read More: US Patent Office Detroit, John Conyers, US Patent Office, Satellite Patent Office, US Patent and Trademark Office, Rep. John Conyers, Detroit Patent Office, Detroit News

A long-time-in-the-making satellite branch of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has finally found a home in Detroit. The former Stroh's brewery ...

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Improving Your Agency's Best Places to Work in the Federal Government Ranking

Tom Fox | Posted 02.02.2012 | Politics
Read More: Fdic, Opm, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Best Places to Work in the Federal Government Rankings, Office of Personnel Managment, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Pto, Bep, Department of Treasury, Partnership for Public Service, Politics News
Tom Fox

Organizations struggling to improve their rankings would be wise to understand what successful agencies have done, and then adopt those strategies to build a more engaged and, ultimately, a more effective workforce.

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Groups Competing For OWS, 99 Percent Trademark

AP | PAUL ELIAS | Posted 01.06.2012 | Business
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SAN FRANCISCO — The revolution will be trademarked and put on T-shirts if an increasing number of entrepreneurs succeed in their attempts to pro...

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Man Wins Patent To Build Snowman

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 11.24.2011 | Weird News
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There is no shortage of bizarre patents, such as the wheeled flower pot and the crustless peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Ignacio Marc Asperas of...

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Google Snaps Up 1,000 IBM Patents

AP | By PETER SVENSSON | Posted 10.01.2011 | Technology
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NEW YORK -- Google Inc. has bought about 1,000 pending and issued patents from IBM Corp. in its quest to shore up its defenses against suits by other ...

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The Startup Act: A Proposal To Jumpstart The American Economy

Carl J. Schramm | Posted 09.19.2011 | Business
Read More: Investments, Small Business, Kauffman Foundation, Economy, Jobs, Innovation, Entrepreneurs, Licensing, Venture Capital, Stimulus, Austan Goolsbee, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Startups, Entrepreneurship, Job Creation, Small Business America, Patents, Business News
Carl J. Schramm

It's time to re-start America by jump-starting our startup engines of growth. We have no time to waste.

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House Approves Major Overhaul Of U.S. Patent System

AP | By JIM ABRAMS | Posted 08.23.2011 | Politics
Read More: House of Representatives, Patent Lawyers, Congress, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent System Congress, Patents Nancy Pelosi, Patent Law, Patent Reform, Patents, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The House on Thursday voted to rewrite 60-year-old patent law to give inventors a better shot of obtaining patents in a timely manner an...

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Paul Ryan, Hal Rogers (Rightfully) Oppose Proposed Patent Office Budget Bonanza

Daniel B. Ravicher | Posted 08.10.2011 | Politics
Read More: Congress, Lamar Smith, Harold Rogers, Budget, Paul Ryan, Patents, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, President Obama, Politics News
Daniel B. Ravicher

In this day of trillions of dollars in national debt, should any government agency be given free reign to spend as it sees fit, without any oversight ...

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Shortchanging Our Inventors Is Slowing Our Economic Recovery

Sen. Chris Coons | Posted 07.05.2011 | Business
Read More: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Judiciary Committee, John Boehner, Patents, America Invents Act, Innovation, Economic Recovery, David Kappos, Economy, Small Business America, Business News
Sen. Chris Coons

Congress' delay in ending patent-fee diversion is costing America jobs at a time when we desperately need to be getting more Americans back to work. We need to fight for the power of good ideas.

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Protecting A Business Idea: 5 Things You Need To Know

The Huffington Post/AOL Small Business | Geoff Williams | Posted 08.04.2011 | Small Business
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It happens to almost every aspiring entrepreneur. You have a brilliant idea for a groundbreaking business, an innovative product or a better-than-the-...

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Patents: 5 Things You Need To Know

The Huffington Post/AOL Small Business | Darren Dahl | Posted 08.09.2011 | Small Business
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On July 31, 1790, President George Washington awarded the first U.S. patent to Vermont resident Samuel Hopkins for his process of making potash, a fer...

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Bravo, Tom Friedman: More Stimulation, Less Stimulus, and How CEA Is Building an Innovation Movement

Gary Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
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Gary Shapiro

We have a tendency to think of innovation as a natural outgrowth of innate American ingenuity, rather than the result of a social and economic environment that has been carefully constructed.

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