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14 March 2025FeaturesPatentsSarah Speight

US patent bills seek to wind back the clock—but critics aren’t happy

At an undeniably turbulent time for the US IP community, a “wildly unpopular” trio of bills that promise to fix a broken patent system continues to be met with opposition, finds Sarah Speight.

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