Op-Ed: To protect small designers, we need patent-law reform

Jan 6, 2015

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As Americans gathered this holiday season, I bet most weren’t thinking about the patented things around them, from the patented function of their oven broiler to the patented design of ornaments. That’s right, even the Star of David, a Jewish symbol, has been patented as a Christmas ornament.

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