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Lemley astonished that apportionment was controversial

By Lawrence B. Ebert, Esq.

Patent reform 2008 (S.1145) died over damages apportionment.

Here's what Mark Lemley said:

?I have to say I?m frankly astonished that apportionment has been this controversial,? said Mark A. Lemley, an intellectual-property scholar at Stanford who has testified in support of the legislation. ?I can?t think of a straight-faced argument that you as a patent owner are entitled to more than your invention has contributed to a product.?

What, me worry?

With Obama getting patent advice from Lemley and Lessig, we can see where Obama is on patent reform.

[Above quote from Patent reform: Stopping the insanity or inventor ripoff?, Richard Koman, ZDNet Government] One can find on zdnet:

Is Cisco CEO John Chambers? aggressive commitment this morning to a 25 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2012 just a ploy/play for green headlines? Actually, I think this very public very high-level move represents just the first part of a multi-layered program to get Cisco better positioned as a force to be reckoned with in the green tech space. And, I know that when you rally John Chambers behind something, things get done.

but nothing on Cisco's Rick Frenkel as the (once) anonymous patent troll tracker.

Full post as published by IPBiz on June 24, 2008 (boomark / email).