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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2>how sorry i am for these
poor patent owners- or people who don't get a patent at all!</FONT></DIV>January
30, 2009. The Year Ahead: IP Owners Face Tough Legal Issues In United States In
2009<BR><BR>By Steven Seidenberg for Intellectual Property Watch. 2009 could be
a bad year for IP owners in the United States. For patent owners, it may be
particularly tough. The US courts are likely to continue their recent trend of
cutting back on patent rights, according to many experts. The question is: what
rights may be cut back and by how much? Copyright and trademark owners in the
United States face a different set of troubles. They are struggling to protect
their rights in the digital world, and it is far from certain how they will
fare.<BR><BR>Link to the article: <A
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