The government will propose deleting section 52 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 - which could have some major implications.

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The Newzbin case was brought under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act.

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There are all sorts of things which can act as such barriers to entry: patents, copyrights, trademarks, geographical location, first mover advantage.

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Samuels has been fighting the battle against dangerously broad patents for some time now, recently traveling to DC to support passage of the SHIELD Act (Saving High-tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes), a congressional bill that would impose heavy fines against so-called patent trolls.

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The judge found that Samsung has violated section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 by importing certain devices into the United States that violate the above mentioned patents.

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These cases involve a complex web of federal laws and legal principles, including the patent system established under the Constitution, antitrust law, and the Hatch-Waxman Act, a 1984 law that was intended to give generic manufacturers an incentive to challenge patents.

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