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Undeserved Patents and Unsound
Patent Policy Harm the Public

... by making things more expensive, if not impossible to afford;

... by preventing scientists from advancing technology;

... by unfairly prejudicing small businesses; and

... by restraining civil liberties and individual freedoms.

PUBPAT Represents the Public's Interests Against
Undeserved Patents and Unsound Patent Policy
June 11, 2009: Claims in Silvers Photomosaic Patent Rejected By Patent Office after PUBPAT Request

May 12, 2009: ACLU and PUBPAT Challenge Patents on Breast Cancer Genes

April 24, 2009: PUBPAT Joins Brief Asking Supreme Court to Review Lower Court Decision Upholding Exclusion Payments

April 15, 2009: 'Fair Use for Patents' Proposed by PUBPAT Executive Director at Fordham IP Conference in Cambridge

March 20, 2009: Appeals Court Rules in Favor of New U.S. Patent Office Rule Supported by PUBPAT

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