http://techrights.org/2011/01/31/united-states-patent-reform/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 http://techrights.org/2011/01/31/united-states-patent-reform/comment-page-1/#comment-109630 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 20:11:24 +0000 http://techrights.org/?p=45215#comment-109630 First-to-File is not necessarily a good thing. it just means that Microsoft would get the patent if they file before anyone else does, regardless of whether some else invented it before they did. First-to-Invent is a good thing; it may require a little more formality and structure to enforce but it really is a good thing.

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