from the PUBPAT site:

Read the Profile of PUBPAT that appeared in Science magazine:

• A 'Robin Hood' Declares War on Lucrative U.S. Patents (August 26, 2005)
  

PUBPAT News Releases
To be kept informed of PUBPAT News, subscribe to the PUBPAT News List.

• February 1, 2007: PUBPAT CHALLENGES PATRIOT SCIENTIFIC MICROPROCESSOR PATENT: Patent Office Asked to Review and Revoke Patent Licensing Company's Widely Asserted Patent
• January 29, 2007: PATENT OFFICE GRANTS PUBPAT REQUESTS TO REEXAMINE EPICREALM DYNAMIC WEBSITE PATENTS: Government Finds PUBPAT Raised 'Substantial Questions' Regarding Patent Licensing Company's Widely Asserted Patents
• January 23, 2007: WISCONSIN GROUP EASES STEM CELL PATENT RESTRICTIONS AFTER FTCR - PUBPAT LEGAL CHALLENGE
• January 19, 2007: PUBPAT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SPEAKS ON SOFTWARE PATENTS TO SOUTH AFRICAN AUDIENCE
• November 30, 2006: MONSANTO ANTI-FARMER PATENTS TO BE REEXAMINED AT PUBPAT REQUEST: Patent Office Finds "Substantial Questions" Regarding the Validity of Each of Monsanto's Four Widely Asserted Patents
• November 22, 2006: PUBPAT CHALLENGES EPICREALM PATENTS BEING ASSERTED AGAINST PROVIDERS OF DYNAMIC WEBSITES: Patent Office Asked to Review and Revoke Patent Licensing Company's Widely Asserted Patents
• November 2, 2006: JPEG PATENT CLAIM SURRENDERED: Forgent Networks Ends Assertion of Patent Challenged by PUBPAT
• October 20, 2006: PUBPAT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SPEAKS ON PATENT REFORM AT SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
• October 17, 2006: PUBPAT AND SOFTWARE FREEDOM LAW CENTER TO CO-SPONSOR CONFERENCE ON SOFTWARE PATENTS: Representatives from Academia, Industry, and the Nonprofit Sector will Meet in Boston to Discuss Patent Policy
• October 3, 2006: WARF STEM CELL PATENTS TO BE RE-EXAMINED AT REQUEST OF FTCR, PUBPAT: Patent Office Finds "Substantial Question" Regarding Validity of WARF's Claims
• September 29, 2006: PUBPAT CHALLENGES MONSANTO PATENTS BEING USED TO BANKRUPT AMERICAN FARMERS: Patent Office Asked to Review and Revoke Agricultural Giant's Widely Asserted Patents
• September 14, 2006: PUBPAT Launches Software Patent Watch to Keep Software Community Informed of Patent Related Issues
• August 22, 2006: PUBPAT, AARP AND PATIENTS NOT PATENTS ASK SUPREME COURT TO PROTECT OBVIOUS COMBINATIONS FROM PATENTS
• July 18, 2006: GROUPS CHALLENGE STEM CELL PATENTS THAT LOOT TAXPAYER FUNDS AND FORCE RESEARCH OVERSEAS: University of Wisconsin Affiliate Claims Rights to All Embryonic Stem Cells Used for Research
• May 26, 2006: PATENT ASSERTED AGAINST JPEG STANDARD REJECTED BY PATENT OFFICE AS RESULT OF PUBPAT REQUEST: Public Interest Group's Review Results in Broadest Claims of Forgent Networks Patent Being Ruled Invalid
• February 2, 2006: PATENT ASSERTED AGAINST JPEG STANDARD TO BE REEXAMINED AT PUBPAT REQUEST: Patent Office Finds "Substantial Question" Regarding the Validity of Forgent Networks' Widely Asserted Patent
• December 23, 2005: PUBPAT ASKS SUPREME COURT TO MAINTAIN LIMITS ON PATENTABLE SUBJECT MATTER
• November 29, 2005: PUBPAT RECEIVES SUBSTANTIAL VICTORY IN LIPITOR PATENT CHALLENGE: Pfizer Concedes to Give Up Original Broad Patent Claims
• November 16, 2005: PUBPAT CHALLENGES DATA COMPRESSION PATENT TO PROTECT JPEG FORMAT: Patent Office Provided New Evidence Proving Patent Asserted Against International Standard Is Invalid
• September 30, 2005: PUBPAT FILES BRIEFS WITH SUPREME COURT IN CASES INVOLVING PATENT HOLDERS ELIMINATING COMPETITION
• August 26, 2005: PUBPAT PROFILED IN SCIENCE, FINANCIAL TIMES: "A ‘Robin Hood’ Declares War on Lucrative U.S. Patents"
• June 22, 2005: PATENT OFFICE REJECTS LIPITOR PATENT ON PUBPAT'S REQUEST: Public Interest Group's Review Results in All 44 Claims of Pfizer's Patent on Multi-Billion Dollar Drug Ruled Invalid
• June 8, 2005: U.S. CONGRESS INVITES PUBPAT EXECUTIVE TO TESTIFY ABOUT PATENT REFORM
• May 11, 2005: PUBPAT RELEASES FREE FINDING PRIOR ART FOR AN ISSUED PATENT PROGRAM
• December 7, 2004: LIPITOR PATENT TO BE REEXAMINED AT PUBPAT'S REQUEST: Patent Office Agrees There is a "Substantial Question" Regarding Blockbuster Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Patent's Validity
• December 1, 2004: PUBPAT SCORES ANOTHER VICTORY: Columbia University Abandons Assertion of Challenged Cotransformation Patent
• November 10, 2004: PUBPAT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DETAILS PROBLEMS WITH AND HARM CAUSED BY SOFTWARE PATENTS: Dan Ravicher Speaks in the European Parliament As Part of Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure Conference
• September 30, 2004: AT PUBPAT'S REQUEST, PATENT OFFICE REJECTS MICROSOFT'S FAT PATENT: Government Relies Heavily on Evidence Submitted by PUBPAT
• September 14, 2004: PUBPAT CHALLENGES LIPITOR PATENT TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH: Patent Office Shown Evidence Proving Blockbuster Cholesterol-Lowering Drug was Already Known
• June 10, 2004: MICROSOFT FAT PATENT TO BE REEXAMINED AT PUBPAT'S REQUEST: Patent Office Agrees There is a "Substantial Question" Regarding FAT Patent's Validity
• May 24, 2004: PUBPAT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TESTIFIES BEFORE NIH REGARDING KEY AIDS DRUG PATENTS: PUBPAT Supports Request Asking Government to Allow the Production of Generic Drug
• May 10, 2004: PATENT OFFICE GRANTS PUBPAT REQUEST TO REEXAMINE COTRANSFORMATION PATENT: Order Finds "Substantial New Question" of Patentability for Entire Patent
• April 15, 2004: PUBPAT CHALLENGES MICROSOFT PATENT TO PROTECT COMPETITION IN SOFTWARE MARKETS: Patent Office Shown New Evidence Proving FAT Technology Was Obvious
• February 26, 2004: PUBPAT ASKS PATENT OFFICE TO REVOKE COTRANSFORMATION PATENT TO SAVE PUBLIC HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS: Columbia University Impermissibly Received Multiple Patents on Single Invention
• February 23, 2004: PUBPAT PROVIDES COMMENTS TO USPTO ON INTER PARTES REEXAMINATION AND RULES GOVERNING PRACTITIONERS: Argues All Patents Should be Subject to Adversarial Post Grant Review and All Patent Attorneys Should Have Continuing Education Requirements
• February 5, 2004: PATENT LAW SHOULD STOP IMPOSING PUNISHMENT SIMPLY BECAUSE ONE CAN'T AFFORD AN ATTORNEY: PUBPAT Tells Federal Appeals Court of Harms Caused by Patent Law's Perverse Rule