:China View: New U.S. System to Review Software Patents
China View: New U.S. System to Review Software Patents Nov 4, 2006, 13 :00 UTC (4 Talkback[s]) (5371 reads)
"American companies General Electric, IBM,, Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard have joined with the New York Law School and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to inaugarate a new system of peer review for software patents.
"The four companies, plus Red Hat, the world's biggest listed open source software business, are the lead sponsors behind the Community Patent Review project..."