Also, here is a relevant article by Beth Noveck who was quoted in the WP article:<br><a href="http://jolt.law.harvard.edu/articles/pdf/v20/20HarvJLTech123.pdf" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://jolt.law.harvard.edu/articles/pdf/v20/20HarvJLTech123.pdf
</a><br><span class="sg"><br>Jeff</span><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/5/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jason Kelly</b> <<a href="mailto:jasonk@mit.edu">jasonk@mit.edu</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Patent office is planning on taking input from a wider community<br>through a slahdot/wiki-like system when deciding whether to award a<br>patent (thought the final decision rests with the USPTO examiner):<br><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/04/AR2007030401263.html?nav=rss_email/components?nav=slate">
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/04/AR2007030401263.html?nav=rss_email/components?nav=slate</a><br><br>On slashdot here:<br><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/07/03/05/0815238.shtml">http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/07/03/05/0815238.shtml
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