Patent politics have not always been front page news. Last year, the hilarious faux newspaper The Onion quipped that "Expansive Obama State Of The Union Speech To Touch On Patent Law, Entomology, The Films Of Robert Altman".

This article is a guest post featured on Patently-O, written by Ken Salazar and Quentin Palfrey, published on April 7, 2014.

Originally published April 7, 2014

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