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Does first to file hurt people that don't file? Or make it harder to get a patent? | 661 comments | Create New Account

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Does first to file hurt people that don't file? Or make it harder to get a patent?

Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, March 30 2013 @ 07:38 AM EDT

Yes, but how many millions of dollars will you need to spend on legal fees and
discovery just to get to the point of summary judgement?

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Does first to file hurt people that don't file? Or make it harder to get a patent? - Authored by: Wol on Saturday, March 30 2013 @ 11:06 AM EDT
- Does first to file hurt people that don't file? Or make it harder to get a patent? - Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, March 30 2013 @ 06:16 PM EDT

Does first to file hurt people that don't file? Or make it harder to get a patent?

Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, April 01 2013 @ 01:47 AM EDT

But is the USPTO still going to patent stuff that is identical to earlier
stuff, with the additional phrase "on a computer/network/internet"?

I reread a patent, and the entire thing could have been from an application for
a research grant I wrote in 1981, with one difference. I used the phrase
"over a network", where it uses "over the internet".

The organization that I sent that research application to no longer has a copy
of it. (Which doesn't surprise me, since they published two of my research
papers without my knowledge, and completely lacking any attribution to me.)

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