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		HistoryInAction on Sept 9, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: White House proposes crowdfunding exemption Protect IP Act passed today, I believe, which is a real bummer for actual patent reform that will promote innovation, since the system was just shifted from a 'first to invent' to a 'first to file,' supporting patent farming/fencing and litigation. Bummer :(

xorglorb on Sept 9, 2011 | [–]

It passed? I haven't been able to find anything about it passing, and GovTrack[0] still shows that neither the house nor senate has voted on it.

[0]: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s112-968

dctoedt on Sept 9, 2011 | [–]

Protect IP didn't pass; it was the America Invents Act (patent reform).

HistoryInAction on Sept 9, 2011 | [–]

Thanks for the correction. I keep mixing the two up :-\

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