phosita ::: quick links for 2008-04-07

An interesting published patent application - including a means for making a marriage proposal.

U.S. Senate negotiators are getting closer to hammering out disagreements that are holding up a patent system overhaul, but President George Bush's administration still has concerns about the bill, an administration official said Friday.

As a tablet PC owner and enthusiast - interesting to know that there is a potential patent portfolio that may require licensing by Microsoft.

ACLU filed a friend of the court brief urging CAFC to uphold the denial of a patent they claim would violate freedom of speech. ACLU argues that the inventor is seeking a patent for an abstract idea that is not patentable under the First Amendment.

University of Florida professor Michael Moulton thinks copyright law protects the lectures he gives to his students, and he's headed to court to prove it.