Several patent reform advocacy organizations have banded together to form a new coalition that will lead a collaborative effort to abolish software patents. Supported by the Free Software Foundation, ...

Microsoft/TomTom lawsuit sparks call to change a patent system that helps few, hurts many. The recent Microsoft/TomTom patent infringement suit has sparked a renewed call for software patent reform.

Army officials expect significant progress in the coming months on modernizing software acquisition practices to develop, deploy and update technology more quickly while also ensuring software ...

If the broken patent system is fixed, should we be more supportive of software patents? (Picture from SilentEra, via PatentU blog.) Last month the House approved, 220-175, HR 1908, the Patent Reform ...

Federal agencies have made great strides in the past seven months shoring up their software license management. That’s the headline of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s seventh IT ...