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Mouse-Pad Patent Term Can't Be Grandfathered

By Julie Zeveloff ( September 4, 2008, 12:00 AM EDT) -- A federal judge has ruled that the inventor of a thigh-mounting mouse pad is not entitled to retroactive protection under an old set of patent term-length rules and has dismissed the suit in favor of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office....

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