Apple Just Got Granted a Patent for Rounded Corners on Electronic Devices - The Atlantic
So perhaps reform of trademark and patent statutes might be a second-term item for the Obama administration to glance toward?
Building is underway in Denver, where the new USPTO location will be fully staffed and operating by the end of 2014, and that should help with the dramatic backlog (round corners are now part of so many Apple devices that who knew that patent was still pending?). However, trolling will be a feature/bug of our IP law at any speed.
