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U.S. Patent Law to Undergo Major Change

Is software too abstract to be patented?

U.S. patent law has always favored the first person to create an invention over the first person to file a patent application for it. That’s changing.

As of March 16, 2013, the first person to file a patent for an invention—not the first person to create the invention—will be entitled to patent protection.

Read the full article on Lexology for tips on successfully securing patent rights under the new law.

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