As part of the National Retail Federation’s Retail Advocates Summit and congressional fly-in, NRF acknowledged outstanding small business retail owners and community leaders for their grassroots advocacy and engagement on federal, ...
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U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-Va.) used a special Town Hall session hosted by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) Wednesday to issue a call for both new patent legislation and immigration reform to help drive capital investment and ...
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Speaking on the on the House Judiciary Committee’s vote approving H.R. 3309, the Innovation Act, the National Retail Federation Senior Vice President David French said, “The Judiciary Committee has taken Congress’ first ...
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Commenting on the introduction of a new patent reform bill by House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte, Senior Vice President for Government Relations at National Retail Federation - David French said, “Patent trolls intentionally ...
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Google chairman Eric Schmidt has spoken publicly about his company's court battle with Oracle, stating Google didn't "steal" an application programming interface (API) from the rival company. The two are locked in a long-running dispute ...
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The U.S. Congress needs to shut down so-called patent trolls whose infringement lawsuits are diverting company resources from hiring and research, a group of technology companies told lawmakers Thursday. Representatives of Cisco Systems, ...
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So-called patent trolls force technology companies to spend money on lawyers instead of innovation, and Congress needs to discourage infringement lawsuits from patent-collecting companies, a group of tech and business representatives said. ...
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Software patents, facing new scrutiny in the U.S., drive innovation and protect huge investments by developers, representatives of software companies said during a Capitol Hill briefing. The U.S. patent system isn't perfect, but lawmakers ...
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During a Google+ 'Fireside Hangout' on Thursday night, President Barack Obama talked about his daughters' math and science studies, the benefits of making computer programming a required high school class and the need to keep the Internet ...
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Patents on software and on business methods are fueling a huge war in the mobile industry and holding back innovation, a group of patent experts said Tuesday. Patent holders -- many that don't make products -- are using software and ...
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