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| Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, October 19 2012 @ 02:10 PM EDT |
This is a patent application. It has not been issued as a patent.
In fact, the PTO has already rejected the claims of this patent
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| Authored by: BJ on Friday, October 19 2012 @ 02:24 PM EDT |
-- but I'm afraid I'd have to agree with you.
After all, a corporation's primary concern is
the continuation of its existence.
bjd
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| Authored by: mcinsand on Friday, October 19 2012 @ 02:31 PM EDT |
| I have been involved in patent filings for over 2 decades, and the patent
attorneys I have dealt with have been among the most ethical people I have known
(one reason I can't help but wonder what planet gave us the software patent
people). One thing that they have all told me consistently is that, as an
inventor, I have a duty to only file if I, as a person skilled in the art,
honestly believe that the invention I am filing is described in complete detail,
described as my best known working example, and novel. I firmly believe
that we need to start having criminal charges to reinforce these
responsibilities. Although proving willful failure to uphold those duties would
be difficult, if not impossible, it should be a crime with penalities tied to
the impact that any resulting litigation has on the market. Irresponsible
negligence would be easier to prove and, again, fines should be tied to the
negative impact on the market with the company/inventor charged held responsible
for legal fees incurred by any companies having to fight off infringement
charges. If you doubt that this is easy to prove, I have two words for you:
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, October 19 2012 @ 05:05 PM EDT |
"Many of us will spend a good deal of time trying to proove that<insert
idea here> is so blindingly obvious as to warrant the patent being
rescinded."
Why would it take a good deal of time to prove it?
Are you sure you understand the meaning of the word: obvious?[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, October 20 2012 @ 04:18 AM EDT |
Not making any comment on your choice of transport, I thought
p'raps you'd gone by Tardis and lost a century to a time when
a patent was granted for a useful invention...
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