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• More meetings with the OMB regarding continuation rules: the NanoBusiness Alliance asks that the PTO at least provide some “analysis of the effect these two rule packages might have on innovation or the economy . . . we are very skeptical that the most cost-effective solution involves curtailing of continuations and the number of claims per application.” Maebius Letter.
• Solveig Singleton on patent trolls and the “loser pays” rule: “As a general rule, the "loser pays" rule is more fundamentally fair than a rule where each party pays his own costs. Only ‘loser pays’ fully compensates the winning party in a lawsuit and makes him whole.”
• Technology Liberation Front (TLF) on patent damages reform: “The result will be to reduce protection for all patents, not just the bad ones.”