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| Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, November 09 2012 @ 06:41 PM EST |
Potential newspick: http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6693/125/
If the US courts (better yet, the USPTO) were to properly enforce the disclosure
requirement as the Canadian Supreme Court has just done, the majority of
software patents would evaporate -- and a fair percentage of non-software
patents too, I'm sure.
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- To be fair - Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, November 09 2012 @ 07:46 PM EST
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, November 09 2012 @ 10:54 PM EST |
The same problems that impact Software Patents, also impact Hardware
Patents.
And before everyone screams that hardware development is expensive, I
know a guy who spent less than a day working on a simple idea, with a
cost of less than ten dollars for parts, and GOT A PATENT for it.
Oh, and the idea was based on sixty year old technology...
Enforce the "Obvious" provision, and make better Proir Art searches.
Last but not least, add penalties for:
1) Lying on a submission
2) Not doing an adaquete Prior Art Search
3) Omitting information from the application
Issuing more patents faster, doesn't help American inventors or consumers.
Issuing fewer patents that actually show innovation will reward the true
inventor.
Wayne
http://madhatter.ca
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