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As everyone knows, with each new presidential administration, comes new policies with new focuses over a variety of issues.  As everyone also probably knows, the Obama administration’s policies on Iraq, Afghanistan and healthcare have dominated the public’s attention for most of the past year.  However, there are other policies to be revealed and developed, including intellectual property policies.  Over recent weeks, the administration has given inventors, developers and holders of intellectual property (and, in particular, patent holders) some reason for optimism about the Obama administration’s IP policy.

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