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EDWARDS: The Patent and Trademark Office — an enemy to America’s inventors

The Patent and Trademark Office, the federal agency charged with securing certain intellectual property, has become an enemy of America's inventors. How is it that an office charged with protecting innovation is subverting it? In 2011, Congress passed the America Invents Act. This law included a number of provisions harmful to IP rights. Perhaps the worst was the establishment of new administrative procedures for challenging a patent's validity. The abuse of this system has reached epidemic proportions. It's time for […]

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Lawsuit says Nintendo Switch controller violates patent

TOKYO/SIMI VALLEY Calif. (UPI) -- Video game giant Nintendo faces an infringement lawsuit that says the controllers for its new Switch console infringe on a proprietary design owned by another company. Gamevice, a California-based manufacturer of a detachable console used to turn tablet computers into portable gaming devices, said Nintendo's controllers violate a patent it holds. In a complaint Wednesday, Gamevice seeks damages and demands that Nintendo stop making and selling the Switch consoles. Nintendo has sold 4.7 million Switch units since March, […]

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