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Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, June 23 2013 @ 07:51 AM EDT |
I think you need to distinguish between having a 'working
example' and 'currently being manufactured'. It is possible
to have an invention and a patent yet not be able to bring
it to market - particularly in areas like mechanical or
chemical engineering where you may need significant capital
investment to begin large scale production/implementation.
On the other hand, software patents are much more abstract
and a software patent without an implementation is
essentially just an idea. Business method patents are even
worse - a business method patent without a business is
essentially just saying 'I have an idea for a business but
my business failed.' We definitely shouldn't be providing 20
year monopolies on failed business ideas.
I think injunctions shouldn't be allowed for NPE's... but
NPEs do legitimately exist in other industries.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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