Good news for patent translators</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Good news for patent translators"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Good,news,for,patent,translators"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">07-04-2005</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Good news for patent translators</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/img_news/img_0SnQUCx0qQq7kVmSjjxW_0.jpg" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" ><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Massachusetts, USA (MIT Technology Review): The number of patents issued in the United States rose to 187,000 in 2003, up 22 percent from 1999. Licensing fees from patented inventions now earn $150 billion globally each year, a figure that is expected to climb nearly 30 percent over the next several years. <br>At the same time, patent infringement litigation has been filling headlines daily. The number of patent infringement lawsuits filed annually in the United States grew 64 percent in the period 1991-2000. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://wwwnl.technologyreview.com/t?ctl=CADD13:2ECB75B " target="blank">wwwnl.technologyreview.com/t?ctl=CADD13:2ECB75B </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show