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Nature 437, 1230-1231 (27 October 2005) | doi:10.1038/4371230a; Published online 26 October 2005
Patent reform prompts intellectual tug-of-war
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Reform of the patent process in the United States is shaping up as a battle of wills between the software and biotechnology industries. The outcome has global consequences, as Emma Marris reports.
Two draft bills for patent reform are circulating in Congress, with the chance that one of them could pass into law as soon as next month. And the whole world of patents could be shaped by the reforms.
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