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Patent Claimed on System-Level Encryption

Posted by michael on from the never-would-have-thought-of-that dept.

nattt writes "The Register is reporting that a Californian firm, Maz Technologies has been granted a patent for application independant file encryption, and is now going after other companies with its lawyers to press its claims. It seems that the US patent office doesn't check very well for prior art, and their laxity is causing small firms that get attacked on infringing these bad patents a lot of money to defend themselves."

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  1. Can someone sue the Patent Office ? by Taco+Cowboy · · Score: 0, Redundant



    Seems like the Patent Office is issuing more and more BAD PATENTS, and more and more people / companies / groups are adversely affected.

    May I know if there's any possibility to sue the Patent Office for its MISCONDUCT (to say the least) in granting all these STUPID and BAD, BAD patents ?

    In other words, the Patent Office needs to be ACCOUNTABLE for the actions (and/or mistakes) they have done.

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