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| Authored by: PolR on Tuesday, June 04 2013 @ 02:50 PM EDT |
> Is the problem really that you don't know what the words
> in the claim mean?
No. The problem is that software patents are harming innovation and the economy.
The big news is that the political class is noticing the harm. They haven't yet
figured out why there is harm, but at least they are trying to do something that
has a real chance of improving the situation.
Maybe the patent attorneys will find ways to thwart these efforts. Then the
political class will ask why the harm they see is not going away. Then they will
try something else. After a few retries they will find something that gives the
results they want to see. This is a very different dynamic than the
unconditional support of patents we saw so far.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, June 04 2013 @ 02:56 PM EDT |
Part of the bigger problem I see is the Patent Lawyers arguing a narrower
definition to the USPTO while arguing a wider definition upon "policing" the
patent.
With the narrow definition clearly outlined - the Patent Lawyers
won't be so easily able to widen the definition when dealing with
enforcement.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, June 04 2013 @ 09:55 PM EDT |
Tech, believe it or not, doesn't have a completely common language, with
fully-accepted definitions. Patents have their own special brand of legalese,
with lots of whereins, teachings, practicings, etc. I can likewise discuss, in
electronics, a beast usually called a "brake chopper". But when you
buy one, it might be called an RGA (Regen Absorber), or, if you buy it from the
company I invented one for, a "Voltage Dump".
An electronic switch, similarly, is quite ambiguous. Do I mean an ESS5
telephone switch, an ethernet switch, a transistor, or a light switch on the
wall with a computer in it so it can do things like respond to your command or
dim the lights?
A glossary, starting with the stock phrase "For the avoidance of
ambiguity..." would make a lot of sense.
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