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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, August 30 2012 @ 05:15 AM EDT |
How about if, instead of a fixed bond amount, the amount is rated on a
"sliding scale", where the bond amount is much less (say, $1k), if it
is a _valid_ backyard inventor, whereas the amount is much greater (say, $1M (or
more?)), if presented by a large corp, which should have known better in the
first place. The bond should be large enough, in any case, to discourage large
corps from trying to push through many bogus patents, in hopes that some would
slip through anyway! There should also be a large fine, in the event that the
alleged backyard inventor is actually doing the application on behalf of one of
those larger entities, to discourage shills.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: FrankH on Thursday, August 30 2012 @ 05:18 PM EDT |
Why not just have the inventor produce the invention? I.e. issue a "patent
pending" for an invention that has been described but not realised but to
make the patent real the invention has to be real. That would stop people
getting patents on vague ideas and then retro-fitting them to other people's
subsequent inventions. And if the invention isn't working within two years the
pending patent lapses.
Or have people at the patent office who are "practiced in the arts"
build the invention from the inventors description. After all, that's the
purpose of patents, isn't it? To put the invention into the public domain once
the patent expires so that anybody can use it.
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All right now, baby it's all right now.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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